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Nessuna idealità è più elevata di quella della verità.

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Engineers tend to develop tools for the pleasure of developing tools, not to induce nature to yield its secrets. It so happens that some of these tools bring us more knowledge.

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Several people have asked what programming language they should learn first. There is no one answer, but consider these points:

• Use your friends. When asked “what operating system should I use, Windows, Unix, or Mac?”, my answer is usually: “use whatever your friends use.” The advantage you get from learning from your friends will offset any intrinsic difference between OS, or between programming languages. Also consider your future friends: the community of programmers that you will be a part of if you continue. Does your chosen language have a large growing community or a small dying one? Are there books, web sites, and online forums to get answers from? Do you like the people in those forums?
• Keep it simple. Programming languages such as C++ and Java are designed for professional development by large teams of experienced programmers who are concerned about the run-time efficiency of their code. As a result, these languages have complicated parts designed for these circumstances. You’re concerned with learning to program. You don’t need that complication. You want a language that was designed to be easy to learn and remember by a single new programmer.
• Play. Which way would you rather learn to play the piano: the normal, interactive way, in which you hear each note as soon as you hit a key, or “batch” mode, in which you only hear the notes after you finish a whole song? Clearly, interactive mode makes learning easier for the piano, and also for programming. Insist on a language with an interactive mode and use it.

Given these criteria, my recommendations for a first programming language would be Python or Scheme. But your circumstances may vary, and there are other good choices. If your age is a single-digit, you might prefer Alice or Squeak (older learners might also enjoy these). The important thing is that you choose and get started.

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Internet non serve a far cambiare idea alla gente, ma solo a rafforzarla in quel che già pensa e a farle fare qualcosa per realizzarlo, tipo finanziare un candidato.

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Find something you love to do so much, you can’t wait for the sun to rise to do it all over again.

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I was worth over a million dollars when I was twenty-three, and over ten million dollars when I was twenty-four, and over a hundred million dollars when I was twenty-five, and it wasn’t that important, because I never did it for the money.

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‎”[…] nec ulla deformior species est civitatis quam illa in qua opulentissimi optimi putantur.”

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“Che sistema operativo usi?”
“Una versione eticamente sostenibile di Mac OS X: Linux!”

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Reading programs is what really matters, not writing them.

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Un cittadino ateniese non trascura i pubblici affari quando attende alle proprie faccende private, ma soprattutto non si occupa dei pubblici affari per risolvere le sue questioni private.

Qui ad Atene noi facciamo così.

Ci è stato insegnato di rispettare i magistrati, e ci è stato insegnato anche di rispettare le leggi e di non dimenticare mai che dobbiamo proteggere coloro che ricevono offesa.

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