I studied computer science at a university, not just a college, and coroutines weren't covered during the course. So even if you've got a degree, there's no guarantee you'll have met a coroutine!

(I do agree that a formal education is valuable, even if you already think (or know) you're good at programming. I learned a lot from my course. There's a lot to be said for being forced to learn a bunch of stuff, and when you're under 25 it's not like it's going to hurt.)

> at a university, not just a college

College is (most of the time) American for university.

And in Britain it's even more complicated.

This is probably the biggest jackass comment I've seen on HN in a while. Your college experience definitely shows.

that is likely the reason why they felt the need to create a new account to post it.

stch - your account has been hell banned, for nearly a whole year.

(replying to myself because I can't reply to stch directly):

What does that mean/how does it affect me?

It means that only people who have specifically turned "showdead" on can see your posts. No one can reply to you posts directly. Your upvotes do nothing and don't count. But crucially, to you, everything seems completely normal.

And howd that happen?

An administrator decided that your first ever comment didn't fit the tone of this site (which it didn't, but well, you were new), so they decided to instantly and silently ban your account forever. So you have been commenting, for a year, and basically no one has seen your posts. I feel really bad about that and I hate this objectionable practise.

Wow, that's pretty ridiculous. You'd figure after a few months they'd tell me, right? Is that also why I get "Unknown or expired link" all the time and every page always takes 15-20 seconds to load? I noticed when I logged out that issue went away. I always just assumed the forum was really poorly designed. :o)

> Is that also why I get "Unknown or expired link"

No, that is just something HN does.

Seriously?