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A comment on John Carmack on Functional Programming (2013) [video].

Re:John Carmack on Functional Programming (2013) [video] by cthulhujr on Thursday August 17, 2017 @10:38AM (#15037144)
I really like John's perspective on things, he can take a listener or reader from the most abstract concepts to the nitty-gritty without losing focus. He's a tremendous asset to the programming world.
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Re:John Carmack on Functional Programming (2013) [video] by ksk on Thursday August 17, 2017 @12:49PM (#15038422)
I agree with the second part of your sentence. I have watched every single one of his talks, and while I find them entertaining, I don't think his brain-dump style of communication is appropriate for teaching/instruction (to clarify: I use his talks as a springboard for my own discovery, not as a terminal point to aggregate knowledge).
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Re:John Carmack on Functional Programming (2013) [video] by waivek on Friday August 18, 2017 @04:57AM (#15044607)
https://youtu.be/lHLpKzUxjGk

I disagree. See the above link for a lecture where he describes the difficulties in VR in a manner that anybody with minimal programming experience can understand.

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