It goes against the grain of modern education to teach students to program. What fun is there to making plans, acquiring discipline, organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail, and learning to be self critical.
Education Self Fun

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About Alan Perlis

Alan Perlis was a 20th-century American computer scientist. Alan Jay Perlis was an American computer scientist and professor at Purdue University, Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University. He is best known for his pioneering work in programming languages and in 1966 he became the first recipient of the ACM Turing Award. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Education — The importance of teaching, learning, and intellectual curiosity

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