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Should everybody learn to code?

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Not everyone needs coding skills, but learning how to think like a programmer can be useful in many disciplines.

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          cover image Communications of the ACM
          Communications of the ACM  Volume 57, Issue 2
          February 2014
          103 pages
          ISSN:0001-0782
          EISSN:1557-7317
          DOI:10.1145/2556647
          • Editor:
          • Moshe Y. Vardi
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