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		Turing_Machine on Sept 9, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Visual Programming and Why It Sucks http://scratch.mit.edu/channel/featured 1) Pick one of these at random. 2) Assign a person who knows nothing about programming to write it in C. 3) See how long it takes.

Turing_Machine on Sept 9, 2012 | [–]

Also 4) the person you're assigning to the job is a third grader.

thebigshane on Sept 9, 2012 | [–]

Why does it need to be C?

Why not python or javascript?

Turing_Machine on Sept 9, 2012 | [–]

Feel free to run the experiment. No matter what text-based language you use, it's going to take a helluva lot longer than Scratch. That is the actual point here.

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