▲ 161 ▼ 50 years after Basic, most users still can't or won't program anything (www.zdnet.com) submitted 2 years ago by ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to c/programming@programming.dev 75 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] qaz@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) I don't see how an accessible language should also need to be able to be used for system programming. A simpler python seems like a better option. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Scratch is an example of a simple programming language that could be taken pretty far, but it’s often dismissed as a kid’s game. Or even things like IFTTT, or Apple’s Automator app (formerly called just AppleScript) that gave vaguely python like tools to less/non-programmers. I worked on a programming tool to bring beginners from a block language like scratch up through C or Python, but we couldn’t get enough funding to finish it and google just looked at us and tried to poorly rip it off (made raising funding to compete with them even harder). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Scratch is an example of a simple programming language that could be taken pretty far, but it’s often dismissed as a kid’s game. Or even things like IFTTT, or Apple’s Automator app (formerly called just AppleScript) that gave vaguely python like tools to less/non-programmers. I worked on a programming tool to bring beginners from a block language like scratch up through C or Python, but we couldn’t get enough funding to finish it and google just looked at us and tried to poorly rip it off (made raising funding to compete with them even harder). permalink fedilink source parent