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Has it not caught on because it might not align with people’s experiences? I know for me, reading is only the first step in learning. Doing is far more educati
by bluejekyll 5y ago
Has it not caught on because it might not align with people’s experiences?
I know for me, reading is only the first step in learning. Doing is far more educational, and often when things go wrong, I go back and read it again. So I wouldn’t argue that reading isn’t worthwhile, but at least in my experience reading is only 50% of my learning process, I might I’m even go lower than that, 20-40% range.
As an example, I read the Rust Book beginning to end, but it wasn’t until I started writing code with it that I truly understood some of the concepts, like move-by-default. When I read about move-by-default, I understood what it was saying, but I only grokked it after writing code and experiencing it—and at the same time realizing that it was the first time I’d actually worked with a language that had that as a fundamental piece of it.
I have a lot more examples like that, just happens to be a memorable one.