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6	6	If you want to tell a computer to do something, you have to communicate with the computer in a programming ''language''. When we say language, we mean it. A language has words and grammar and everything else, just like French.
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8	9	Computers, despite what you may think, are dumb. They do only exactly what you tell them to, and don't guess or interpret. If say to your Mom or Dad "Hey, can you bring me that thing?", there's a (slim) chance they may bring you the right "thing". A computer wont. Ever. Just a cold, unfeeling "'''ERROR'''". A programming language is very precise, and to tell a computer what you want, you have to be precise too. In this training session, we'll introduce programming to you, and make some things work. You know, those ''things''.
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