Why code? “We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.” - Carl Sagan 为什么要编程？ 我们生活在高度依赖科学和技术的社会里，但在这个社会里，几乎没有人真正了解科学和技术。——卡尔-萨根（Carl Sagan） [img=576,1][/img] Learning to code in today’s world is like learning to read and write or more like learning to draw, to play a musical instrument, to play a sport. Learning to code is like learning to find solutions. Job of a coder is not to write code for machines but to find a solution for people to make life easy. 当今世界，学习编程就像学习阅读和书写一样，或者说更像学习绘画、乐器、体育运动。学编程就是学习找解决方法。程序员的工作不是为机器写代码，而是为人们生活得更简单舒适找到方法。 There used to be a time when we have problem like how to stay connected with friends who lives in another part of the world, in another city. By creating Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg just didn’t write thousands line of codes, but actually solves the problem of millions of people. This is just one example, there are plenty. 以前，如何保持与生活在世界上其他地方其他城市的朋友的联系是我们面临的问题。通过创建脸谱网，马克-扎克伯格为大家解决了这个问题，而他并没有写很多代码。这样的例子还有很多，这只是其中一个。 We should study code , for the same reason we should study mathematics, chemistry, economics, philosophy and ethics, local and world history. We study these subjects to have a better understanding of our surroundings and to provide better solutions to the problems. 就像我们应该学习数学、化学、经济学、哲学和伦理学、本国历史与世界历史一样，我们也应该学习编程。我们研究这些科目是为了对我们的环境有一个更好的理解，为了找到更好的解决问题的方法。 Learning how to code will also helps us understand the world in a better way. Computer runs the world, and code runs computers. We are dependent on computers, computers are dependent on codes. 学习编程也有助于我们更好地理解这个世界。计算机服务世界，而代码服务计算机。我们依赖电脑，电脑依赖代码。 Everyone should be able to code, for the same reason that everyone should be able to speak another language. Learning how to code is like learning how to speak with computers effectively. It helps us communicate with computers. It helps in communicating what we want to build or do more effectively. 就像每个人都应当会讲另一种语言一样，每个人都应当能够编程。学编程就是学习如何与计算机有效地交流。代码使得我们能够与计算机交流，它让电脑知道我们要干什么或让我们的工作变得更高效。 Coding gives us ability to translate an idea into a prototype. 编程让我们的想法变成了现实。 The mental skills developed by learning to code are supremely useful in many other facets of life. It improves your ability to take a large problem and break it down into a series of smaller tasks. It will improve your decision-making and critical thinking. 由学习编程而发展得到的心智技能在生活的许多其他方面也非常有用。能够提高你处理大问题的能力——分而化之，提高你的决断性和批判性思维。 Learn to code if you have a desire to understand machines, computers, internet, mobile apps, blogs, websites etc. 如果你想更深入地理解机器、电脑、互联网、移动应用、博客以及网站等等，那么学编程吧。 I think we should all have a rudimentary understanding of our pervasive technology and how it works, so that we can make more intelligent decisions. 对于大众技术，我觉得我们都应当有一个基本的了解，明白这些技术是如何凑效的，这样在做决定时我们就会更明智。 [img=576,1][/img] “Computer Programming is an art, because it applies accumulated knowledge to the world, because it requires skill and ingenuity, and especially because it produces object of beauty.” -Donald Knuth “计算机编程是一门艺术，因为它将积累的知识运用于世界，因为它需要技巧和灵性，更因为它能创造美好的东西。”高德纳（Donald Knuth） | 
发表于 2013-4-19 23:08:10
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、、、学习编程有助于我们更好地理解这个世界