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jazzyjacksonyesterday at 12:01 PM2 repliesview on HN

Yes some people teach C this way, for a little while, I don’t forget semicolons as much as people around me later seemed too, may or may not be related


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syntheticnatureyesterday at 10:15 PM

It confused me at the time, mainly because I had a class with written-out C and one with written-out Pascal in the same semester. The Pascal prof wouldn't mark off for C syntax but the C one would would mark off for Pascal syntax.

chronogramyesterday at 12:32 PM

I started programming this way as a kid with books and notes that I'd then periodically would be able to enter into a computer to see if it runs.

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