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Apple CEO Tim Cook Learned to Code in College
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Where did you get that definition of the term? Are you sure "coding" wasn't just the word used to describe low level programming before there was such a thing as mid/high-level programming?
I completely understand that technically java is a compiled-then-interpreted language and therefore you're not writing code that a CPU understands but why should that limit the usage of the term? In 2018 low-level programmers are still sought after but it's not like there is such a big reason for the term to retain its original meaning.
Lots of news stories about Tim Cook lately. Unlike Steve, I’m the least bit interested as he’s a very boring person.
I'd say it depends on what they are being used for. Teaching the basics of programming isn't such a bad idea, IMHO. Not to turn the students all into programmers, but so they can get an understanding of the way computers work. Similar to how physics classes will not make you a physicist, but they will give you a rough understanding of the laws of nature.
Using computers as teaching aids in unrelated classes is a whole different issue, though, and I agree that it'd be better to invest in good human teachers.
If you write Java you're coding but not necessarily programming. You can program in pseudocode or program and code at the same time.
There was a time when it was common to have Coders translating programs made by Programmers.
Don't get it twisted. HTML is not considered to be "coding" by experienced programmers. People who claim that HTML is coding are usually wannabes
I'll bet you Tim Cook thinks HTML is "coding" as is industrial engineering, computer engineering.
I studied Fortran, 6502 machine language and other HEX coding.
I seriously doubt what he says is true !
If it was, then he would understand that DRAM is precious, both to Developers & to Users, and he would both specify how much DRAM is inside EACH & EVERY Apple mobile product, AND teach less-technical Users how to manually-manage the DRAM on their Apple mobile devices !
I take great offense to Tim Cook even pretending to know anything about Coding !
If it was, then he would understand that DRAM is precious, both to Developers & to Users, and he would both specify how much DRAM is inside EACH & EVERY Apple mobile product, AND teach less-technical Users how to manually-manage the DRAM on their Apple mobile devices !
I take great offense to Tim Cook even pretending to know anything about Coding !
It was kinda obvious considering his degree. A simple Wikipedia read would’ve answered this question.
So once again, MacRumors’ finest Tim Cook haters are proven wrong as always and will have this article as a remembrance of their overzealous egos falling flat on their faces.
So once again, MacRumors’ finest Tim Cook haters are proven wrong as always and will have this article as a remembrance of their overzealous egos falling flat on their faces.
Some people had to punch cards in college even in the eighties.
That's called "Community College." There wasn't any card punching in computer science classes at major universities then, at least not mine.
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hope can make a better iOS
All your coding are belong to us.
I was talking about major universities in other countries.
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I learned Fortran (WATFIV) at Cornell University on punch cards sent to an IBM 370. Color coded procedures were rubber banded and stored in shoe boxes for future use.
Why blame Chromebooks? Why didn't you say google docs is a pain on a Macpro?
At a major university in this country, I was using a punch cards (sent to an IBM 360) through spring break (1981) of my freshman year, when we transitioned to MUSIC (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUSIC/SP) on an IBM 4300.
FWIW, I started programming in 1974 (7th grade) on a PDP-8.
Don't get it twisted. HTML is not considered to be "coding" by experienced programmers. People who claim that HTML is coding are usually wannabes
I feel the same way but I would include Swift/Java/C# as well.
Web designers can be my guests at calling themselves coders and deal with hacking CSS.Don't get it twisted. HTML is not considered to be "coding" by experienced programmers. People who claim that HTML is coding are usually wannabes
Ah, how nice.
Learned Applesoft BASIC on an Apple //e then onwards to FORTRAN 77, Pascal, COBOL, and C++ in college. ISU, for some reason, stopped teaching Pascal in 1992 or so, and used something called SCHEME for people after me.
I found Pascal to be my favorite, and had an internship using COBOL on VAX/VMX. Found my way into Linux, as ISU had limited PPP lines, but plenty of dial up serial lines to call into. Found this neat program called slirp, that would allow multiple console sessions over the same serial line. The best part was that we could run the program in userspace, and did not require root access to command the machine in this fashion.
I liked the way Pascal protected me from errors in passing arguments instead of the values of variables. And we got rid of the goofy line numbers!
We used those punch cards from the 1980's as bookmarks....
Learned Applesoft BASIC on an Apple //e then onwards to FORTRAN 77, Pascal, COBOL, and C++ in college. ISU, for some reason, stopped teaching Pascal in 1992 or so, and used something called SCHEME for people after me.
I found Pascal to be my favorite, and had an internship using COBOL on VAX/VMX. Found my way into Linux, as ISU had limited PPP lines, but plenty of dial up serial lines to call into. Found this neat program called slirp, that would allow multiple console sessions over the same serial line. The best part was that we could run the program in userspace, and did not require root access to command the machine in this fashion.
I liked the way Pascal protected me from errors in passing arguments instead of the values of variables. And we got rid of the goofy line numbers!
We used those punch cards from the 1980's as bookmarks....
Basic, Pascal, Javascript
Many attempts but I always hated to code.
Learning new foreign languages on the other hand ...
Many attempts but I always hated to code.
Learning new foreign languages on the other hand ...
