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It's riffing on the old Unix Koans [1], which in turn were riffing on the traditional Zen Koan format [2]. [1] http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/unix-koans/ ht
by mrec 7y ago
It's riffing on the old Unix Koans [1], which in turn were riffing on the traditional Zen Koan format [2].
[1] http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/unix-koans/ http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/unix-koans/
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dan
- vngzs 7y agoVim Koans: https://sanctum.geek.nz/arabesque/vim-koans/ https://sanctum.geek.nz/arabesque/vim-koans/
- teraflop 7y agoThe Unix koans themselves were inspired by the AI koans, from the MIT AI Lab: http://www.catb.org/~esr//jargon/html/koans.html http://www.catb.org/~esr//jargon/html/koans.html
- SOLAR_FIELDS 7y agoThey are also a great way to get yourself acquainted with a language - these specific Rust ones sound designed to teach specific lessons but when I was learning Scala I worked through their set of Koans and found it a great way to get used to types, syntax and generally the Scala way