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Yani Bellini Saibene

This research shows that aptitude for learning foreign languages is a stronger predictor of learning to program than basic maths knowledge.

"These results provide a novel framework for understanding programming aptitude, suggesting that the importance of numeracy may be overestimated in modern programming education environments."

Relating Natural Language Aptitude to Individual Differences in Learning Programming Languages. Prat, et.al. nature.com/articles/s41598-020

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This research shows that aptitude for learning foreign languages is a stronger predictor of learning to program than basic maths knowledge.

"These results provide a novel framework for understanding programming aptitude, suggesting that the importance of numeracy may be overestimated in modern programming education environments."

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johne

@yabellini Cool, cool, cool. Génial. Geil.

Grant Gould

@yabellini This is simultaneously obviously true and makes me irrationally angry that it's another thing that fucking Dijkstra was right about.

Leonard Ritter

@yabellini math is also a language (many in fact) so don't party too soon.

Yani Bellini Saibene

Did you realize that we live in a reality where SciHub is illegal, and OpenAI is not?

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