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		sanj 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Go ahead, write the “stupid” code This reminds me of the (excellent!) book by Jamie Buck: https://pragprog.com/titles/jbmaze/mazes-for-programmers/ They write a maze algo in any new language they learn just to learn bits of the language.

lycopodiopsida 3 months ago [–]

A modern variant would be to do a year id Advent of Code in the new language.

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