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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

While this is true, learning some kind of programming - shell scripting or BASIC in olden days - is a very useful endeavor.

It's very convenient for everyone to be able to automate their work.

And it's not particularly different from cooking something once in a while.

Not required at all to use Linux, of course.

Though for operating systems ... People here for whatever reason downvote things they fear, but even OpenBSD is simple enough. It does require using shell, but as compared to any other desktop OS I touched that's just really negligible and is usually a copy-paste from FAQ.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

While this is true, learning some kind of programming - shell scripting or BASIC in olden days - is a very useful endeavor.

And learning sewing is useful, but I dont need it to wear clothes.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

It's not comparable to sewing. That would be learning C++ and Qt.

It's comparable to making a sandwich.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

How is learning C++ and QT not programming?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 hours ago

Golly.

C++ and QT is programming comparable to hard things in life.

Shell scripting is programming comparable to usual things in life.

Capisce?