The third is understanding computer engineering and architecture. This is the part that most never do; it seems to be a big leap. Get an Arduino or something and program it in assembly.

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To discuss why something is or is not a programming language, we must establish a baseline definition of what a computer programming language is. To do that, we must consider what a computer does, and ...