Thursday, October 24, 2013

Letter to a young programmer

Dear (insert name here),

I heard you enjoy a certain programming language named Python. Programming is a wonderful activity. I am a little jealous that you have access to computers at your age; when I grew up I didn't even know what a computer was! I was an electronics hobbyist though, and my big dream was to build my own electronic calculator from discrete components. I never did do that, but I did build several digital clocks, and it was amazing to build something that complex and see it work. I hope you dream big too -- programmers can make computers (and robots!) do amazing things, and this is a great time to become a programmer. Just imagine how much faster computers will be in five or ten years, and what you will be able to do with your skills then!

--Guido van Rossum (inventor of Python)
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18 comments:

  1. martinsOctober 27, 2013 at 11:25 AM

    Great!

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  2. VIRENDRA RAJPUTOctober 27, 2013 at 3:29 PM

    Thanks Guido!

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  3. imbenzeneOctober 27, 2013 at 3:34 PM

    God Bless.

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  4. UnknownOctober 27, 2013 at 3:51 PM

    Thanks.

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  5. UnknownOctober 27, 2013 at 7:42 PM

    Feeling great as a programmer. Thanks

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  6. asegoviaeOctober 27, 2013 at 7:50 PM

    Thank you, Guido.

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  7. UnknownOctober 27, 2013 at 8:21 PM

    I feel and think like you. You did (and do) your best, and you're openning doors for new programing, inovation, young generation. Now, you're more than that dreamer boy (building circuits): you allow minds to build more than circuits, without no limits, with the Python's power. As someone wrote: God bless you ! Thanks so much for your contribution for all of us !

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  8. UnknownOctober 27, 2013 at 9:56 PM

    Thanks,
    Our university added python as one of the coding languages languages this year. Luckily I was in the new syllabus batch and I'm enjoying learning and coding in it very much.

    I am still at extremely elementary programs, but only a few after a few weeks after I started python, I was able to implement a min/max heap all by myself in it!

    about this letter,

    Thanks, it is extremely inspiring!

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  9. UnknownOctober 27, 2013 at 11:49 PM

    Thanks for creating such an AWESOME language!

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  10. Another SkyOctober 28, 2013 at 12:01 AM

    THANK YOU FOR PYTHON

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  11. UnknownOctober 28, 2013 at 12:48 AM

    Thank You. :)

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  12. UnknownOctober 28, 2013 at 12:59 AM

    I am also an EE undergraduate. I got my computer in 2011. I sometimes think I am late. But at the same time I realize that I am luckier than many those who can't afford even a cellphone.

    Very soon I am going to learn Python too. Thank you for giving us an awesome language.

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  13. ketut.web.idOctober 28, 2013 at 3:55 AM

    Thank You

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  14. Shashank SrivastavOctober 28, 2013 at 9:12 AM

    Great! Thanks for the inspiration.

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  15. UnknownOctober 28, 2013 at 1:24 PM

    thank you sir. :)

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  16. LordCakeOctober 28, 2013 at 10:39 PM

    That's great! Now make lambdas longer than one statement. Kthx.

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  17. EkoNovember 3, 2013 at 6:19 AM

    Thank you Guido! You make me feels like 14th year old boy again!

    Python is such an amazing environment to work and live with!

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  18. Giampaolo RodolaNovember 16, 2013 at 3:57 AM

    This is a great post which I enjoyed.

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