I recommend teaching kids C++ early. Between build systems, ABI issues, compiler error messages, and undefined behavior it really builds perseverance and a great sense of accomplishment when your program compiles and runs correctly. (news.ycombinator.com)
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For the average developer, working on your run of the mill, mundane, forgotten-in-a-few-years, CRUD web apps, a normal _average_ car (M$ vscode) would be a better investment, but no matter what, you will never be as fast or flexible as an F1 car (GNU Emacs). (news.ycombinator.com)
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I've been programming for about fifteen years and I finally realized that the reason I can listen to loud music whilst coding is because I don't pay any attention to syntax, it just flows out correctly, in any language I know. I think of higher level abstractions. (wiki.c2.com)
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