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Anon cheats through college (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 years ago by [M] to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 24 points 2 years ago (8 children)

It's super easy to learn how algorithms and what not work without knowing the syntax of a language. I can tell you how a binary search tree works, but I have no clue how to code it in Java because I've never used Java.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    And similarly, i could read code in a language I dont know, understand what it does and how it works even if I don't know the syntax well enough to write it myself

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Yeah, exactly. At least any fairly modern language. I don't think I could just pick up assembly and read it without the class I took. Heck, I don't think I could read it anymore now that it's been several years since that class.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    I mean same, but you can look to the official docs for like what a loop or queue looks like

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Not during a test. But maybe in those 20 hours they have.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Oh right I forgot about closed book tests. Been a while

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Haven't taken a cert in a while either?

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