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"One of the most valuable things I learned from team programming competitions was programming discipline, by writing code on paper. Yes, I literally wrote code on paper."

" By intentionally limiting your coding speed, you end up flexing your design muscle and learning to get things right the first time. "

Interesting how this matches Dijkstra's method of writing programs. I believe he additionally proves correctness before typing it in.



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