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## Long speech

If you found my website, you are presumably someone
who likes learning and thinking.
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
the space of things you're able to work on.

If you're interested in reading more,
read on about [files and folders](filesys.html).
## Getting started

- Read on about [files and folders](filesys.html).
- See [the learning path](techsupport.html)
for advice about things like what language to work with.

[^ioi]:
The IOI is an algorithmic contest,
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[competitive programming](https://ioinformatics.org/)
then you probably want to use this one.

4. [Java][java]: It's a pretty wordy language.
4. [JavaScript](https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat):
Less recommended.[^js] I suggest TypeScript instead.
(Longer argument on [blog](https://blog.evanchen.cc/?p=1437).)

5. [Java][java]: It's a pretty wordy language.
I don't personally like it much, but I can see the appeal.
The main reason it's still relevant to kids today is because
of AP Computer Science A,
but that class does a pretty bad job of teaching it anyway.

5. [JavaScript](https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat):
Please no.[^js] Use TypeScript instead.
(Longer argument on [blog](https://blog.evanchen.cc/?p=1437).)

6. [PHP](https://eev.ee/blog/2012/04/09/php-a-fractal-of-bad-design/):
Definitely no.
Please no.

[python]: https://www.python.org/
[typescript]: https://www.typescriptlang.org/
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