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roystgnr comments on More intuitive programming languages - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: roystgnr 16 April 2012 06:00:48AM 0 points [-]

I don't think you can program at all without at least one of the first two elements, but you can get by with only one or the other if you restrict your choice of languages.

That's just for learning how to code, though; you'll never get through first-semester CS with that kind of limitation.