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## Long speech
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If you found my website, you are presumably someone
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who likes learning and thinking.
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If you are such a person, and you don't know how to code,
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To put it bluntly, not knowing how to code will severely cripple
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If you're interested in reading more,
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read on about [files and folders](filesys.html).
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## Getting started
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- Read on about [files and folders](filesys.html).
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- See [the learning path](techsupport.html)
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for advice about things like what language to work with.
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[^ioi]:
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The IOI is an algorithmic contest,

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[competitive programming](https://ioinformatics.org/)
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then you probably want to use this one.
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4. [Java][java]: It's a pretty wordy language.
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4. [JavaScript](https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat):
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Less recommended.[^js] I suggest TypeScript instead.
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(Longer argument on [blog](https://blog.evanchen.cc/?p=1437).)
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5. [Java][java]: It's a pretty wordy language.
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I don't personally like it much, but I can see the appeal.
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The main reason it's still relevant to kids today is because
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of AP Computer Science A,
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but that class does a pretty bad job of teaching it anyway.
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5. [JavaScript](https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat):
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Please no.[^js] Use TypeScript instead.
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(Longer argument on [blog](https://blog.evanchen.cc/?p=1437).)
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6. [PHP](https://eev.ee/blog/2012/04/09/php-a-fractal-of-bad-design/):
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Definitely no.
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Please no.
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[python]: https://www.python.org/
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[typescript]: https://www.typescriptlang.org/

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