LOL, reddit comment

[bachmeier via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 27 January 2015 at 01:41:31 UTC, Joakim wrote:
> I was just surfing reddit and this exchange with Walter made me 
> LOL, talking about students who learn programming for the first 
> time in college:
>
> Walter: Why would you say that? Very few of them actually even 
> studied CS - they learned programming on the side. As did I, my 
> degree is in mechanical engineering. I learned programming from 
> reading DEC reference manuals and annoying my friends with 
> idiotic questions like "what's a register?"
> Starting programming in college is not too late at all.
>
> Kasper-Hauser: I think it was too late in your case judging 
> from the fruits it has borne. D should stand for dumb. I'm 
> convinced your're a plant from the mechanical engineering 
> cartel trying to dumb down our industry.
> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2tou4y/techs_high_barrier_to_entry_for_the/co171cp

Reddit comments are barely worth reading, much less giving a 
response. Not exactly Hacker News lack of intelligence, but lots 
of them you just read the first sentence, downvote, and move on.