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drz on July 15, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: 9th Grade Girls Soldering

You're not going to do well in computer programming unless you can reason abstractly.

sp332 on July 15, 2014 [–]

You make this statement with no evidence.

drz on July 16, 2014 | [–]

Programming is abstract reasoning. Apart from some syntax memorization, there's nothing more to it. Even design patterns are optional, and can be independently discovered.

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