2 Nov
2016
2 Nov
'16
11:54 p.m.
On 11/02/2016 10:29 PM, Louigi Verona wrote:
I agree that you have to look at someone's code. But, using your
language analogy, I don't think that I can learn Spanish by opening
someone's book and trying to read through it. I would actually start
with a textbook and simplistic texts.
whether it's a textbook or a simplistic text, it's "source-code" in that
very sense. it is someone's else code that you're looking into anyway, duh?
you DO learn on it and it IS the most effective way to
do-it-fast-and-right(tm). compare that to trial-and-error... some may
call it clean-room reverse-engineering, whatever, but let's face it:
it's the worst way of learning about anything, believe me. enough
evidence for me.
whether it's better to learn from public, free/open-source code or from
private/closed-source, which isn't available to start with, it's just
pure nonsense.
cheers
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rncbc aka. Rui Nuno Capela