On 2012-11-16, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 5:00 AM, rh > <richard_hubb...@lavabit.com> wrote: >> "How many people think programming skills are inherent?" i.e. >> that some people are just born with the gift to be good >> programmers Result: very few hands raised maybe a couple >> (possibly non-progammers??) > > Maybe, but there's definitely something that happens close to > birth. If your parents give you the name Chris, you're more > likely to become a geek and a programmer.
There are people with rare talent who can program in a way that most others can't, .e.g, Chris Sawyer. But, as Louis Moyse, a great musician remarked: "Without hard work, talent means nothing." -- Neil Cerutti -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
