aka console or command line or command prompt or shell or prompt
"In The Beginning Was The Command Line" is an essay by Neil Stephenson describing the history of computers in an enjoyable and clever way
irb
>
prompt1 + 1
return
key again2
yay, a $1000 calculator!
Bonus: what other math can you do?
From now on, whenever you see text in the code font
, try typing it into irb and see what happens!
node
>
prompt1 + 1
return
key again2
yay, a $1000 calculator!
Bonus: what other math can you do?
From now on, whenever you see text in the code font
, try typing it into irb and see what happens!
The basic architecture of computers has not changed since the invention of the Von Neumann Architecture in the 1940s.
Every piece of software on your computer is a PROGRAM.
When you are writing code, you are not baking cookies, you are writing a recipe for how to make cookies.
(recipe from popcornpottery.com)
If your code is a two-year-old child, then an error is a temper tantrum.
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