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[colombian85]

"What I mean is that if you really want to understand something, the best way is to try and explain it to someone else. That forces you to sort it out in your mind. And the more slow and dim-witted your pupil, the more you have to break things down into more and more simple ideas. And that's really the essence of programming. By the time you've

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[ehrenyu]

Huh. well while that's true... I've never been able to program a computer correctly even by breaking it down into the simplest of steps. Apparently, there's something called oversimplification, which means by simplifying you you in fact overcomplicate the problem. :D

[weatherseed]

I hope you read A Long Dark Tea Time for the Soul as well.