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> For me, I don't think we should do the calculations by hand just for the sake of doing it. It should be done only as a means for understanding the core concep
by patrickyeon 15y ago
> For me, I don't think we should do the calculations by hand just for the sake of doing it. It should be done only as a means for understanding the core concepts.
That's always been my take on the reason for doing hand calculations, but sometimes it takes much longer than I expect to really grasp matters. I've seen in really well-written math books some questions bo a much better job of leading you to discover concepts "on your own" than the teaching material.
One of my favourite methods to learn is to write code to embody the lessons learnt. There's no better way to learn a concept than to develop it through to the end, imo.
- gruseom 15y agoIt would be so much fun to work through the book by writing code to do all the interesting stuff. I've been dreaming about doing just this in K; I've wanted to properly learn K for years and this is a dream domain for it. Silentbicycle, who knows a lot about K, is planning to join in this group at some point too. But alas, I doubt I'll be able to do it. My main project takes up pretty much all my hacking energy and I won't allow anything to detract from that. I've never done side projects well. :(