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		icebraining on Nov 7, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How can I teach a bright person with no programmi... You can write a useful program that only uses one core. You can't write a useful program that doesn't use memory.

mmavnn on Nov 7, 2011 [–]

But you can write a great deal of useful code that never does any manual memory management.

icebraining on Nov 7, 2011 | [–]

You asked where you draw the line. My point is that there's a real difference between not using a resource (more than one core) or using it without understanding how it works, because it's hidden behind a paper curtain.

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