Dr_Manhattan comments on Public Service Announcement Collection - Less Wrong

37 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 27 June 2013 05:20PM

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Comment author: koning_robot 29 June 2013 09:29:45PM 2 points [-]

Hrrm. I don't think it's that simple. Looking at that page, I imagine nonprogrammers wonder: * What are comments? * What are strings? * What is this "#=>" stuff? * "primitives"? * ... This seems to be written for people who are already familiar with some other language. Better to show a couple of examples so that they recognize patterns and become curious.

Comment author: Dr_Manhattan 30 June 2013 12:50:21PM 0 points [-]

You have a point, there might be something more customized to people who have never programmed, but I like the simplicity of it.

Comment author: LucasSloan 11 July 2013 11:26:54PM 0 points [-]

It's a wonderful reference if nothing else.