I tried programming when PC's came out and realized I didn't have the time to write a page of code that would draw a little blue box on the screen containing the words "Hello John". I don't know how these guys keep it together.

Haha. I recently decided I'd like to learn a bit of programming. A fellow forumite has offered to help me a bit and suggested tcl. I have the books and sample files and everything I need, with one exception. The type of brain wiring that's necessary to think like a programmer.

Whenever I get some time to devote to learning I find it isn't long before my head hurts. It feels like I have a square head and trying to fit it into a triangular hole. Maybe my brain just isn't designed for the thinking that's required. My brain gets knotted up with the deeper aspects of using MIDI as well. Maybe there's a lesson in that? Don't know.

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I tried programming when PC's came out and realized I didn't have the time to write a page of code that would draw a little blue box on the screen containing the words "Hello John". I don't know how these guys keep it together.

Yep... my best collaborator back in the day was a programmer and man, could he do drums... me? Never!  Takes a special mindset/brain.

.NET guy here...And yes that article about sums it up
void DoSomething(string whatToDo)
{
     Console.WriteLine(whatToDo);
}
 
And so on...