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Why isn't that programming?

Is a plumber designing your house's plumbing not a plumber just because some plumbers are designing plumbing for whole cities?

Am I not a programmer just because I make websites instead of design and implement Apache, the linux kernel, the processor's microinstructions nor the processor's wiring?



It's not programming in a sense that justifies a plumber learning C, Java, or Ruby.

I think we're talking about something beyond the old concept of "computer literacy" here. Any future plumbers are going to have grown up using iPhones, and will have the basic skills needed for the limited interactions they'll have with computers in their jobs.

Until they're replaced by robot plumbers, anyway.




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