1,668 participants at the University of Lisbon's IST set a new Guinness World Record for the largest computer programming lesson.

On Saturday, the University of Lisbon's IST school of technology set a new Guinness World Record for the largest computer programming lesson, with 1,668 participants aged 12 to 67. This event surpassed the previous record of 724 set in Dallas in 2016. Organizers aimed to highlight Portugal's emerging role in information technology and advocate for computing literacy as essential in modern society, likening it to the importance of reading and writing.

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