What it actually means to learn programming — and why the standard reactions to that question both miss the point.
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The Programmer's Mind
Computing as a way of thinking — from the foundations of computer science and the concept of computation through the programming mindset and the command line.
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What computation actually is — and why it might be the most fundamental concept in science, from physics to biology to mind.
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What programming teaches you about thinking — and why the most important thing to understand about computers is that they are dumb.
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Every GUI is a layer of abstraction over what is actually happening. The command line strips it away.