UK schools coding skills have 'gone backwards' reflects 'sad' Sir Clive Sinclair

Charlee Gothard
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ZX Spectrum designer laments that the UK's mantle has slipped

Sir Clive Sinclair is "sad" that the UK has declined in terms of producing the kind of expert coders that pioneered programming back in the days of his ZX Spectrum computer. "We've certainly gon...

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