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		swa14 on June 28, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why learn C? Because when programming in any language, you can't rise above your own proficiency in C. That is my observation anyway. I think it has something to do with the deeper understanding of references and dereferencing, and the inner workings of languages in general.

kd0amg on June 28, 2012 | [–]

I think that may only hold when working with sufficiently C-like languages.

dllthomas on June 28, 2012 | | [–]

In particular, I think that Lisp hackers of old put a solid lie to the claim.

recursive on June 28, 2012 | [–]

If I've never written any C, does that mean that I have no proficiency in any language?

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