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Originally posted by prozac424242
retyping them so that you understand how they work line by line is how you will really learn to program.
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Yeah, if you assume that the person makes the effort to understand the code (what it does, why it was used, why alternatives were rejected etc), and doesn't just mindlessly copy it. In most cases that's an unfounded assumption, and that's why composition of your own code is the best way to learn.