#learning-to-program on Hacker News

3 stories tagged learning-to-program, newest first.

Screenshot of madhadron.com: The seven programming ur-languages (2022)

The seven programming ur-languages (2022)(madhadron.com)

321 points by helloplanets 6 months ago | 123 comments

Essay on the madhadron blog arguing programming languages descend from seven fundamental 'ur-languages' that learners should explore instead of similar mainstream languages.

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Screenshot of massivesci.com: The language brain matters more for programming than the math brain? (2020)

The language brain matters more for programming than the math brain? (2020)(massivesci.com)

397 points by smusamashah 1 year ago | 392 comments

Massive Science article (2020) on research finding that language aptitude predicts learning to program better than math ability.

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Screenshot of norvig.com: Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years (1998)

Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years (1998)(norvig.com)

535 points by janchorowski 2 years ago | 281 comments

Peter Norvig's classic essay arguing that becoming a skilled programmer takes about ten years of deliberate practice, not 24 hours or 21 days.

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