Rusty Russell on Nostr: Dijkstra hated BASIC, too. But you know what? The main obstacle for most people is ...
Dijkstra hated BASIC, too.
But you know what? The main obstacle for most people is getting off zero: like, did you know you can just tell the computer to DO THINGS FOR YOU?
Sure, you'll do it badly, for stupid reasons. Maybe they want to make a Minecraft mod or scrape a porn site.
I wanted to make arcade games. I never did: making the computer do more useful things while collaborating with brilliant people turned out to be joyous in a way I hadn't foreseen.
But you know what? The main obstacle for most people is getting off zero: like, did you know you can just tell the computer to DO THINGS FOR YOU?
Sure, you'll do it badly, for stupid reasons. Maybe they want to make a Minecraft mod or scrape a porn site.
I wanted to make arcade games. I never did: making the computer do more useful things while collaborating with brilliant people turned out to be joyous in a way I hadn't foreseen.