There is one very good reason to learn programming, but it has nothing to do with preparing for high-tech careers or with making sure one is computer literate in order to avoid being cynically manipulated by the computers of the future. The real value of learning to program can only be understood if we look at learning to program as an exercise of the intellect, as a kind of modern-day Latin that we learn to sharpen our minds.


The cognitive computer: on language, learning, and artificial intelligence (ed. Addison-Wesley, 1984) - ISBN: 9780201064438

Roger Schank Quotes

There is one very good reason to learn programming, but it has nothing to do with preparing for high-tech careers or with making sure one is computer ...

There is one very good reason to learn programming, but it has nothing to do with preparing for high-tech careers or with making sure one is computer ...

There is one very good reason to learn programming, but it has nothing to do with preparing for high-tech careers or with making sure one is computer ...

There is one very good reason to learn programming, but it has nothing to do with preparing for high-tech careers or with making sure one is computer ...