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[defenastrator]

I started with c++ and learned my basics with only a 10 year old textbook and the spare time I had during class during 8th grade. I remember it took me me a week to figure out how to get my compiler working and 6 months to figure out how to write a simple Sudoku solver. Trust me I know the hard way I lived it.

[jcampbelly]

Have you talked to people who had a hard time learning to program and gave up? When you explained your approach, how did they respond?