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Old May 18th, 2006, 11:23 PM   #26
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The problem with using exercises from one language to code into another is that you mostly learn to translate, not to use the specific, individual strengths of a language that set it apart. I could take a C exercise that used char arrays heavily and translate it into Python, but I wouldn't be learning Python, and I wouldn't be improving my C. The thing is to take a problem and solve it in differing ways with different languages.
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