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Learning new things
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Jean Louis |
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Learning new things |
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Mon, 2 Nov 2020 01:11:42 +0300 |
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Mutt/+ (1036f0e) (2020-10-18) |
* Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com> [2020-10-31 22:56]:
> The system is still too complex for many users. I only got introduced to Gnu
> because I met a guru who was using Gcc. But that was about it. People don't
> realise how much there is to learn. And many don't learn anything from
> educational
> institutions that is as useful as our own work. People learn informally,
> which
> customarily leads on a rather torturous road. It was for me anyway.
There is one interesting definiton from Jargon file:
http://catb.org/jargon/html/L/larval-stage.html
larval stage: n.
Describes a period of monomaniacal concentration on coding apparently
passed through by all fledgling hackers. Common symptoms include the
perpetration of more than one 36-hour hacking run in a given week;
neglect of all other activities including usual basics like food,
sleep, and personal hygiene; and a chronic case of advanced
bleary-eye. Can last from 6 months to 2 years, the apparent median
being around 18 months. A few so afflicted never resume a more
‘normal’ life, but the ordeal seems to be necessary to produce really
wizardly (as opposed to merely competent) programmers. See also
wannabee. A less protracted and intense version of larval stage
(typically lasting about a month) may recur when one is learning a
new OS or programming language.
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