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Mackan90096 #1

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Posted 16 June 2013 - 12:18 PM

Hey. My grandmother (Mother's side) is always wondering what I'm doing when I am programming for CC.

I'm trying to explain but she always wals away shaking her head..

So.. How do I explain it to her?

She is 60 years old..

Sammich Lord #2

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Posted 16 June 2013 - 12:41 PM

First, change the title.
Second, tell her you are the computer's master and you are commanding it to do things for you.

Mackan90096 #3

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Posted 16 June 2013 - 01:08 PM

Sammich Lord, on 16 June 2013 - 12:41 PM said:
First, change the title.
Second, tell her you are the computer's master and you are commanding it to do things for you.

Haha.. Will do!

xD

Made me laugh

Shazz #4

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Posted 16 June 2013 - 01:08 PM

Also tell her that is Lua and not LUA.

Tiin57 #5

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Posted 16 June 2013 - 01:09 PM

Shazz, on 16 June 2013 - 01:08 PM said:
Also tell here that is Lua and not LUA.

Also tell her that it is Lua and not LUA.
And that grammar is good and tiin is a grammar nazi.

Sammich Lord #6

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Posted 16 June 2013 - 01:09 PM

Shazz, on 16 June 2013 - 01:08 PM said:
Also tell here that is Lua and not LUA.

That's what I meant by changing the title :P/>

Mackan90096 #7

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Posted 16 June 2013 - 01:10 PM

Shazz, on 16 June 2013 - 01:08 PM said:
Also tell here that is Lua and not LUA.

Dang it! Always gets that wrong.. :P/>

Shazz #8

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Posted 16 June 2013 - 01:43 PM

tiin57, on 16 June 2013 - 01:09 PM said:
Shazz, on 16 June 2013 - 01:08 PM said:
Also tell here that is Lua and not LUA.
Also tell her that it is Lua and not LUA.
And that grammar is good and tiin is a grammar nazi.

I was in a hurry; it is more of a typo than a grammatical mistake.

lieudusty #9

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Posted 16 June 2013 - 02:40 PM

Just say that you control an army of turtles :P/>

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Posted 16 June 2013 - 03:17 PM

lol, she'll think you're in control of an army of animal turtles then xD

Sammich Lord #11

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Posted 16 June 2013 - 03:28 PM

Icanbreathecode, on 16 June 2013 - 03:17 PM said:
lol, she'll think you're in control of an army of animal turtles then xD

But I am…

TheOddByte #12

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Posted 16 June 2013 - 06:53 PM

Sammich Lord, on 16 June 2013 - 03:28 PM said:
Icanbreathecode, on 16 June 2013 - 03:17 PM said:
lol, she'll think you're in control of an army of animal turtles then xD
But I am…

Damn, Please don't attack me with your turtle army! :P/>

Santa_Matt #13

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Posted 16 June 2013 - 06:57 PM

I'm 60. I'll be 61 in a couple of months and I program in Lua along with VB6, VB.net and SQL. So I guess it is probably more about context than age. :)/>

Santa matt

1lann #14

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Posted 18 June 2013 - 02:03 AM

I would just say, Lua, or programming in general is like a recipe for a computer. You write the recipe, the computer makes the "food" and gives it to you. The ingredients at the top of the recipe are like "variables" in the computer. Variables are just like numbers you would see in the ingredients list. And like in the recipe, you can refer the "variables" or "ingredients" throughout it for the computer to use. The computer follows the steps in the recipe that you wrote and what to do, very similar to of a flowchart .