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OakwardTinkerman t1_j0eoo5e wrote

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Also, with the advent of text to code ai, the nuances of programming syntax are becoming deprioritized, but an ability to -think- programmatically in order to interact with very high level text to program interfaces will be very useful for better interacting with these systems.

I think fiction where a character casts spells through an object oriented paradigm could be fascinating and a great way to internalize hard to grasp concepts.

The more contextual cues and associations you can hang your learning on, the deeper the learning goes. In the way one comes to internalize the potential of the metallurgic arts in the Mistborn series, so too could a person come to understand programmatic concepts.

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lupius_mohnschein OP t1_j0flbex wrote

Yes, that goes exactly in the way I thought of it myself. It's about problem solving skills, which are not only useful for programming but for interacting with a digital world in general.

Actually Mistborn and also Patrick Rothfuß The Name of the Wind already go in this direction.

And I'm just thinking: what if kids grow up with those type of books? Imagine a whole generation who grew up with a version of Harry Potter, in which magic works like programming. I'm sure good programmers would come out of this.

Although I'm sure it could also have some drawbacks ...

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