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Re:I learnt C++ in 2018 and have no regrets by mempko on Monday January 07, 2019 @10:57AM (#18846183)
For the most part, the world is messy ;-)
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Re:I learnt C++ in 2018 and have no regrets by crimsonalucard on Monday January 07, 2019 @12:10PM (#18847129)
Everything in the world is made out of a single unit: Atoms. Complexity and messiness arise from different compositions of Atoms.

I feel we should build our programs the same way. Bottom up from a small set of simple primitives. Not top down like C++.

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Re:I learnt C++ in 2018 and have no regrets by Koshkin on Monday January 07, 2019 @01:36PM (#18848393)
There are three sets of primitives I can recommend for you to get some experience with: the Turing machine; the Lambda Calculus; the Lisp primitives (CONS, CAR, CDR).
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