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dhoulb on Feb 10, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Learning to Code vs Learning Computer Science

Computer science is to programming as chemistry is to baking

dhoulb on Feb 10, 2014 [–]

To extend the explanation.

Computer science and chemistry = terminology and numbers.

Baking and programming = structure, creativity and taste.

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