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by NAFV_P 4509 days ago
Re points (1) and (2):

Ha, that sounds like bootstrapping would be necessary.

> So my feeling is that, by all means, we should be teaching anyone and everyone how to code, to lay the groundwork for teaching computer science.

Yeah, but which knowledge - coding or computer science, is more important? Both can be aimed at solving problems. It depends on the context, especially regarding the language and associated libraries etcetera being used.