Programming

A programming language is a formal constructed language designed to communicate instructions to a machine, particularly a computer. Programming languages can be used to create programs to control the behavior of a machine or to express algorithms.

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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)

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“ The most disastrous thing that you can ever learn is your first programming language. ”
― Alan Kay

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“ Big Brother fills us all with the same crap. My guess is he was clever the same way everybody thinks they're clever. I tell her to type in 'password ”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby

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