/lit/ - Literature

>>8258337
>Finding these cribs isn't much of a STEM task.
>mfw

I suspect you need to read more about the history of Bletchley Park and what they achieved there before you comment further, anon.

>>8145416
because all your statements except one are either untrue or inadequate

>If you suck at programming learn python,

"learning python" by itself won't prevent someone "sucking" at programming. it is equally possible to write bad code in python as in any other language. although i don't necessarily advocate reading lots of deep stuff like knuth or whatever for a beginner programmer, getting any kind of beginner programming material will help rather than knowledge of any specific programming language. for example milf queen vorderman's "computer coding games for kids" is going to be more benefit to a beginner programmer than a python book.

>books never help learning programming.

they quite obviously do

>You have to try it out.

this is the one true statement

>You cant "hack" without knowing at least 1 or 2 coding languages pretty good.

of course you can. of course there are hackers who are disdainful of non-programmers and call them "script kiddies" or whatever but the fact is that there are plenty of hacking tools that require little or no programming experience.

>If you are interested in smartphone apps learn java

java is mainly used for native android apps. native iOS apps are written in C using XCode or one of its derivatives (Swift etc). in reality most developers who want to create apps for both will use a tool that will cross-compile onto both platforms (plus windows phone).

>>6743946
>mfw i have those same vertical bookcases as Hitchens