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Re:C0, an Imperative Programming Language for Novice Compute... by nategri on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @06:44PM (#15503936)
Had precisely the same experience except it was for an Apple II project instead of NES emulation. Turned me into one of those a-holes who think everyone should start with assembly if they want to learn C.
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Re:C0, an Imperative Programming Language for Novice Compute... by khedoros1 on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @08:26PM (#15504489)
I think there at least needs to be more instruction about how the language is implemented. I feel like I learned the use of the stack in function calls and the difference between stack and heap variables disturbingly late.
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Re:C0, an Imperative Programming Language for Novice Compute... by dTal on Friday October 20, 2017 @07:25AM (#15514893)
I found programming in C on a very small device with primitive memory management made that distinction abundantly clear. Heap variables are the ones that leak memory!
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