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		tamsaraas on Sept 11, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Teaching C (2016) C is an achievement that must be unlocked by programming in different other high-level languages for years. Without this - C will be pointless lecture.

swatson741 on Sept 12, 2022 | [–]

Feels like that's true of most things you learn in college at the level of detail in which their taught.

suprjami on Sept 12, 2022 | [–]

As someone who loves C, I don't want to gatekeep it like this.

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