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Re:The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Must Know A... by ufo on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @07:39AM (#37750504)
What do the Japanese use the circled numbers for?
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Re:The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Must Know A... by sdrothrock on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @07:43AM (#37750543)
Ordinals and references, like this:

① Draw some circles

② Draw the rest of the owl

Commentary: ① is simple but ② is masking many complex steps that are necessary to draw an owl.

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