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Re:C0, an Imperative Programming Language for Novice Compute... by grayhatter on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @12:15PM (#15500395)
Likes to solve interesting problems that no one has done before?

Learning about strange/engaging things, even if it's not directly useful?

Taking apart a new toy, just to see how it works?

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Re:C0, an Imperative Programming Language for Novice Compute... by adrianN on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @12:24PM (#15500473)
Having too much free time on your hands and wasting it on the Internet while fooling yourself into believing that you learn something useful..
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