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by elliottcarlson 4659 days ago
People went to school at different times. When I was in high school there was no intro to programming courses - there were no computers in the school, besides some Mac Classics that were on some teachers desks. Since HN has a wide range of age groups, just because you had something available to you growing up, doesn't mean others did.

Oh how times have changed.
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tehwalrus 4659 days ago
My various schools all had computers everywhere - I didn't learn programming until the 3rd year of my (physics) degree.

In secondary school ("high school"), The only computer subject they taught was IT, and people weren't allowed to take it unless they had a special reason not to take a foreign language. It was rumored to be ridiculously easy.

The UK is supposed to be bringing in a programming GCSE - I'll believe it when I see it.

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