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Splines on May 15, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Please Learn to Code

I know what you're saying too, but (at least for me) a program that is only written down and not run is typically a dry affair.

Seeing a thing come together as you fiddle with it is just satisfying.

groovy2shoes on May 15, 2012 [–]

I agree that there's something satisfying about watching a computer execute a program, but I find pleasure in the process of just writing programs, too. At that point, though, it's just coding for coding's sake.

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