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akbiggs
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Ask HN: Introductory programming books for a young kid?
I'm looking to purchase a belated Christmas gift for a nephew of mine in the form of a programming book. He's had some experience creating games with drag and drop logic using Scra…
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Comment #8684382
At least in my experience, the main point of coding interviews has always been to expose and analyze the way that you approach and solve problems, not to see how fast you write cod…
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Comment #8676328
This was accessible and interesting, thanks for the link. A few questions: 1. Does the overhead of creating a new CLH every time a Haskell function is invoked from C introduce any …
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Comment #8130272
The current title definitely caught my eye. Not sure there's a need for a change.
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Comment #7994583
I think both this, the parent comment, and a fair amount of other comments on this post are unnecessarily harsh towards the designers. Pointing out design issues is always helpful …
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Comment #7515483
None of the people who put that question on hold were moderators, either. You can identify a user as a moderator by the diamond next to their name.
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Comment #7510515
The person who answered that question is not a moderator.
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Comment #7477451
Reading through this I see I was wrong. Thank you. My reaction was provoked when I was considering paying for the rest of the questions, saw the comments and saw the link to all of…
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Comment #7477266
If I pay to get all the questions only to learn later that I could have accessed them all easily for free, I'm going to feel ripped off, even if it was only $5. Either make sure th…
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Comment #6628140
I see the point you're making here, but I feel like the motivations you're pointing at for why people post on discussion groups and forums isn't correct in most cases. At least in …