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Phew. Done. And I didn't use any knowledge that a high school kid shouldn't have. Did I miss something? One thing. How long it takes most people to understand
by timwiseman 16y ago
Phew. Done. And I didn't use any knowledge that a high school kid shouldn't have. Did I miss something?
One thing. How long it takes most people to understand a concept. It took me much more than 15 minutes to understand what a function is in high school, and I have spent far more than 15 minutes explaining it to other people. And it definitely took more than 5 minutes to understand the concept of a recursive function.
And you are assuming they have knowledge of concepts like string and whether or not they are printable...
- loup-vaillant 16y agoNow, understanding a concept and grasping it to the point it becomes part of yourself are not the same thing. I don't expect people to remember the whole thing in less than an hour. Just to understand it, and being able to read supporting material without drowning. A string is a sequence of characters, and "printable" is some arbitrary property. I would of course say as much in my real explanation. Understand that my comment was just a sketch. I wonder If I shouldn't actually try to flesh it out. A video, maybe…
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- calcnerd256 16y agoPlease do. I want something to point people to.