Let's learn programming by inventing it
summary
Clear claim: programming can be learned by inventing features and using Iterative Learning rather than memorizing language lore. Evidence: a walk through K&R shows pointers only appear at 50.27% of the book, supporting the concrete claim learn half of C without pointers. Method uses a chapter-by-chapter feature audit of K&R as the tool, highlights which features solve which problems, and urges questioning features that do not actually meet current needs.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:10Apple pie analogy
- 0:23Why are we in a hurry
- 0:38Computers love numbers
- 1:40Numbers
- 1:56Types
- 2:33iterative learning
- 2:53example
- 3:21arguments
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