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Re:Teaching Compilers Backward by harperlee on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @10:34AM (#26238459)
In a similar vein, networking is typically taught bottom-up, but some people swear by the backwards top-down approach: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83847.Computer_Networkin...
Re:Teaching Compilers Backward by renox on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @04:34PM (#26243181)
Yep, I had two classes about network the first was 'top to bottom' and let me really confused, the second was 'bottom to top' and I understood the whole lesson without difficulty..

That said, it could be me: I was never able to get inheritance until I learned how it was implemented..