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Hard lessons2013-09-30 · Archive

Ask HN: How many "self-taught" programmers and how did you do it?

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“I fear (often implicit) complexity of C++ to this day, and prefer to use something more "simple" and "safe" whenever possible.”

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Ask HN: How many "self-taught" programmers and how did you do it?

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