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by govolckurself 1153 days ago
Vegetables aren't as great as ice cream, but you need vegetables, even if they aren't "palatable". Let's end the notion that everything in computer science is easy and hip and fun. No, recurrence relations probably aren't the most exciting, but they're important fundamentals. I expect developers to be adults and learn difficult things, even if they're not "palatable".

Agreed, though. We need to stop pretending 12 weeks of JavaScript is at all equivalent to four years of rigorous theory and practice.