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> understanding how e.g. C++ is written True, but why should you learn about this first? Better to get the fundamentals down first. Once you have that down, yo
by YorkshireSeason 5y ago
> understanding how e.g. C++ is written
True, but why should you learn about this first? Better to get the fundamentals down first. Once you have that down, you can engage with accidental complexity like C++ compilation and linking details if and when needed.
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoThis kind of depends on your definition of "the fundamentals", though. Is that assembly, or lambda calculus? You could make a case for either one, but they give you very different ideas of where to start. C/C++ could be argued to be a compromise that kind of lets you look both ways. (That could be argued to be a virtue, or a fatal flaw...)