Author: Russell Reagan
Date: 05:35:48 04/23/02
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On April 23, 2002 at 04:34:23, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >Start with hello world, go from there. > >I'd advise against explaining everything (e.g., ISAs) at the outset. I've done >that to people who have a fair bit of programming experience and they tune out. >Information overload. Well, when I said I wanted to explain how the computer works I was thinking about saying things like, "the computer runs a list of simple instructions" and "the compiler takes your program and turns it into a program that your computer understands and can run." Nothing too technical :) >I'm sure this is uncalled for, but is it possible this girl is coming on to you >and doesn't care at all about programming? Sounds suspicious. Never try to >explain computer stuff to people who aren't honestly interested--it always ends >in disaster. Well my mom tells me that I've known her since the day she was born, but I don't remember it :) We grew up in the same church and we've been friends/best friends/dating on and off for about 6 years now. I think I'm safe :) I think the programming aspect is more because she wants to be able to have a clue about one of my main interests, although she did seem very excited about the idea of learning how to make webpages as someone else suggested in this thread. >-Tom
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