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And if you have electronic experience you can pretty much write your own check!
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And I'm missing that. Totally inept in electronics thanks to id-10t professor both in high school and University. Whatever I learnt has been on the job.
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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I was lucky enough in my younger years to work with some electrical engineers that had the patience to help me. But I took a job here in FL 35 years ago that didn't require any electronic knowledge so I lost a lot over the years. But I picked it back up about 5 years or so ago and have tried to catch up...but I enjoy it so I take it at my own pace.
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If you don't do something for a long time you seem to lose the necessary skills. For instance, after living and working in Germany for 6 years I became fluent in German. Then I moved to the US, hardly spoke a word of it for 25+ years and now can hardly remember any of it. If I hear it in a movie I get this vague feeling of recognition, but the detail has gone.
However, I got on a bicycle after 30 years of no bike riding and could immediately ride it with no problems. Go figure!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I will probably learn a lot more now that my dad got into rail modelling and is biting more than he can chew - he's a great electrician but knows nothing of digital programming. I got volountold to help him 
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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den2k88 wrote: volountold
+1 
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Most likely failed C programmers trying to make a living teaching.
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I didn't, BASIC commodre & BBC (well Acorn Electron!), Only started with C when I had an Amiga and wanted do something that was a hugh 68K assembly job (possibly a raster colour bank). C was the first language at Uni, which is probably where these comments, question come from. People learning to program by being taught, rather than peeking under the lid.
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OriginalGriff wrote: Why are so many peopel ...
Yeah, I agree. More peopel should learn ENGLISH as a first language... 
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English is my first language.
Spelling is about my fourteenth ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Would you rather learn to drive on a Tesla Model X or on a Subaru Impreza ?
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Yep. Cheap, slow, and easy to manoeuvre. 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I checked the price forn an Impreza not long ago. Way out of my pockets, sadly.
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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I learned to drive on this one[^]. Everyone takes power steering for granted nowadays. You needed some muscles to turn the wheel back in the days.
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Maybe they are people who want to figure out how computers really work without wondering what that guy behind the curtains is doing.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Read their questions and you'll see just how wrong you are ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Recent ones are clearly not that.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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hypothesis: peopel who post C-related QA questions here are the most confused, and/or least intelligent, peopel in the cohort of peopel (learning their first programming language) starting to learn C.
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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It's the one true faith, the source, the key to enlightenment. JavaScript, C++, C#, Java, Typescript...guess where they all come from. 
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I initially thought the title and content of the comment were one and the same - part of joke masquerading as an examination. It's still more fun reading it that way
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I feel like it's a consequence of not telling people where to start, often enough.
They dig around the web / get an older professor at school and end up with outdated answers that don't make any sense.
My professional recommendations is C#, by following the official Microsoft documentation[^]
Short pages with hands-on examples. Branches out to every topic you might need. Used to suck 💯 but now it's above average consistently.
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It could be because C and C++ make you realize the fundamentals of programming and how other languages work 'under their hoods'. And/or because most other languages actually have all of the fundamentals, but 'toned down'. For example, C# and Delegates (C's pointer to functions), Ref (pointers), and so on.
MeziLu
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Assembler was my first language. C has the benefit of teaching you about memory, pointers, and other low level stuff that you really need to understand to be a top developer.
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