Programming:using computers= writing:reading
Computer literacy is programming. Being able to use a computer and not program is like being able to read and not write.
There's lots of different types of writing: * planning * shopping lists * journals * ad copy * captions * essays * novels * plays
One distinction is writing for yourself vs writing for others. Writing for others is a different level of skill. Writing a shopping list is not the same as writing a novel.
Writing gets reviewed. Software gets, marketed???
Software Needs a decent review. Needs a commonly understood body of work.
Alan Kay talks about computing as "pop culture" -- no sense of the past.
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