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Do you think that writing on paper vs on a computer makes a difference?

It's hard to answer this question without knowing what languages you already know and how experienced you are. I'd recommend Python regardless. It's very useful for writing small s…

He probably didn't do enough walking before writing the post. Wrong thread.

Agreed. I definitely found D much easier than C. Was able to get C small after a failed attempt, but never stood a chance at getting C large.

If you don't mind me asking, how do you guys? I always compete in my university's "local" contest, which is basically a tryout for competing for a spot on the team that goes to the…

This really hit home with me. For a while now, whenever I've been coding, I've been more focused on learning new things instead of creating things. While this isn't necessarily a b…

That's true, but they may also be praising "smartness" before the child knows what that is either. However, given how schools work, it's pretty unlikely that someone will realize w…

As someone who's received praise on being smart as a child, I don't think it's necessarily all that bad, depending on the mindset the child already has. If they already realize tha…

Is it really that big a deal to have the phone numbers connected to the usernames, rather than just having the phone numbers or just the usernames? I can see that someone may have …

The comparison made between English and C++ (spoken/written language and programming language) makes me wonder if people should even be comparing the two at at all. They do serve s…

Even if there was an apparent 'Apple tax' on the new Mac Pros, as long it wasn't too much, I wouldn't mind. They make great hardware and software, and sometimes it's worth it to pa…

I can't help but feel that this will turn out the same way as how HTML5 is used on mobile phones for native apps right now, where your app ends up not looking native to any of the …