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Programming 101: What Is a Global Variable (And Is It Safe?)

Global variables are divisive: an invaluable shortcut or a dangerous example of sloppy code? Let's talk about what they do, ...
EdSource

Teaching math with computer programming can help narrow achievement gap

President Obama earlier this year announced a new initiative, “Computer Science for All,” to empower a generation of American students with the computing skills they need to thrive in a digital ...
The New York Times

It’s the End of Computer Programming as We Know It. (And I Feel Fine.)

I was 5 or 6 when I got my first sense of the joys of computer programming. This was in the early 1980s, when few people had a computer. One day, my dad brought home a Sinclair ZX Spectrum, one of the ...
Business Insider

Bill Gates once said 'definitely send me a résumé' if you finish this fiendishly difficult book

In the world of Silicon Valley, there are few books held in higher esteem than "The Art of Computer Programming," a multivolume set by Stanford professor emeritus Donald Knuth. "If you think you're a ...