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booleanbetrayal on June 11, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: What Is Code?

> “No,” I said. “First of all, I’m not good at the math. I’m a programmer, yes, but I’m an East Coast programmer, not one of these serious platform people from the Bay Area.”

seriously?

iamcurious on June 11, 2015 | [–]

Well, in the same article he says "A computer is a clock with benefits." So I believe that no, he isn't serious.

ianphughes on June 11, 2015 | [–]

That jumped out at me too. It colored the remainder of my reading experience.

booleanbetrayal on June 11, 2015 | | [–]

yeah ... trying to put it behind me. this has otherwise been a great high-level introduction to coding.

eli on June 12, 2015 | | [–]

It's a joke.

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