You can trust me on this. The most important thing a beginner needs to do is to learn to think in code. The best way to do it is through practice.

Hey guys. Trying to write two-way two-phase recursive Mergesort in C++, that is the function that I use to merge my array into pairs, groups of 4, 8 and on and on. When I try to manually run it using arg step = 2 (given input is array of 8 ints sorted in pairs) I have scary warning about memory and stuff. Basically what I want is input = [44; 94; 18; 55; 6; 12; 42; 67] returned output = [6; 12; 44; 94; 18; 42; 55; 67] Can somebody help, please? I'm using Xcode

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competitive programming is worthless

competitive programming is worthless

i was actually thinking about competitive programming. or is it better to go for projects instead?

i wanna lean how to program

I just said, competitive coding websites will be useful to learn to think in code initially.

you'll be lost when you have to do something useful

What does that mean?

What does that mean?

What does that mean?

it means that competitive coding doesn't foster the relevant skills needed for actual work that's my interpretation at least

you need to start with a strong foundational skillset, not typeracer in C

you need to start with a strong foundational skillset, not typeracer in C

You don't learn Quantum Chemistry and then do basic chemistry. You do chemistry and experiments first, then deal with Quantum stuff later

exactly but chemistry isn't "how fast can I throw these chemicals together" :v

You need to develop a fundamental understanding of how the code compiles and interacts with itself otherwise you have a superficial understanding of the subject manner

This comes later. Always later.

I did say "initially", in order to learn to think in code. Not go so hardcore and improve your speed

Even Hitler is somewhat gracious

competitive programming doesn't help you think in code at all

competitive programming is bullshit

int x = 10; printf("\n%d %d %d", x, x++, ++x); Why is output "12 11 12"?

int x = 10; printf("\n%d %d %d", x, x++, ++x); Why is output "12 11 12"?

because preincrement does increment it but postincrement does not

because preincrement does increment it but postincrement does not

because preincrement does increment it but postincrement does not

because preincrement does increment it but postincrement does not