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Posts tagged ‘digital divide’

2010.08.10   Restore meritocracy in CS using an obscure functional language.   (55)

Students who did not have the privilege of hacking since they were young are at a disadvantage in Computer Science (CS). However, CS departments can teach introductory programming using an obscure functional programming language to ...

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2010.07.27   If you were hacking since age 8, it means you were privileged.   (153)

This post was originally published at Restructure! Often, computer geeks who started programming at a young age brag about it, as it is a source of geeky prestige. However, most computer geeks are oblivious to ...

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