Comments on: Software Developer Teaches Homeless Man How to Code and Build an App https://www.odditycentral.com/technology/software-developer-teaches-homeless-man-how-to-code-and-build-an-app.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=software-developer-teaches-homeless-man-how-to-code-and-build-an-app A collection of oddities that includes weird places, strange people, bizarre events and other odd stuff from all around the world Thu, 17 Oct 2013 16:53:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Asok Asus https://www.odditycentral.com/technology/software-developer-teaches-homeless-man-how-to-code-and-build-an-app.html#comment-575307 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 16:53:48 +0000 http://www.odditycentral.com/?p=37525#comment-575307 Give me a break. This whole thing is a boat load of hooey. A long time ago ago in a place far, far away, I taught FORTRAN 101 in college, and only about 2 people in 30 every really “got” the whole programming concept.

Javascript is infinitely more difficult than FORTRAN and it strains credulity that some random homeless person can be plucked off the street and taught programming, Javascript, HTML, some app API, etc., etc. in 8 weeks when the average (relatively well-prepared) college student 35 years ago could barely complete a dozen, simple, well-defined 25-line FORTRAN programs.

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