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Hmmm. That's a good point. Maybe Codecombat's free levels followed by Learn Python the Hard Way to mix instant, visual feedback and fun with "more useful" material. Thanks!

A family member (age ~60 years) is looking to pick up new skills and wants to learn to program. She has some basic computer knowledge but is totally lost when it comes to the comma…

Shouldn't we celebrate that the U.S. is rich enough and stable enough that their students do not have to study for 14 hours a day in their prime of their youth to acquire a stable …

Another YC intern here. I want to know this too.

Exactly. char * a = 0; int * b = 0; a + 1 = a + sizeof(char) = 1 b + 1 = a + sizeof(int) = 4

Pass the address of the block of memory to the constructor along with your other arguments and perhaps the length of the memory block (to assert that sizeof(block) >= sizeof(object…