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catnaroek
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The Intuitive Guide to Data Structures and Algorit...
> Teaching the former is like teaching a physicist all the different kinds of gear systems, rather than the math that lets you model them.
Most programming work is less like theoretical physics and more like car repairing.
yawboakye
on Oct 14, 2017
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Programming is trial and error. Anybody who tells you otherwise is a salesman.
catnaroek
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Most programming work is less like theoretical physics and more like car repairing.