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The "typing code out" is important. A lot of us learned just this way in the early 80s, because that was the only way we could get the source: buy a magazine or
by kylemaxwell 14y ago
The "typing code out" is important. A lot of us learned just this way in the early 80s, because that was the only way we could get the source: buy a magazine or a book that taught, say, game programming in BASIC, and then type in code. The inevitable syntax errors made you spend time going back through to figure out what you did wrong, not to mention the time you spent actually looking at each line.
Downloading the code from a book's web site has nowhere near the same effect, even if it "feels" more efficient.
- uriloran 14y agoJep, you are absolutely right. If you type everything for yourself you remember and understand everything a notch better too. If you just copy & paste you won't really look at the code...
- natep 14y agoI try to do the same thing in lectures. Unless I'm late or the lecturer is a particularly fast talker, I can usually process the information to the point where I'm writing my current understanding in my own words. Much better for me than taking dictation for an hour.
- bornhuetter 14y ago> I can usually process the information to the point where I'm writing my current understanding in my own words. Can you explain what you mean by this?
- Swizec 14y agoHe means he's taking notes. Rather than painstaikingly writing down everything the lecturer says. Which would be stupid anyway, that's what audio recorders are for.