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From: James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu>
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Subject: Re: transpiling to low level C
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 22:17:20 -0500
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On 12/21/24 20:04, Michael S wrote:
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> There is more than one school of teaching. One school believes that
> students learn from explanations and exercises. Other school believes
> that students learn best when provided with bare basics and then asked
> to figure out the rest by themselves.

I personally believe that Tim generally thinks there's a justification
for what he says, and that we'd be better off figuring it out ourselves.
I also know, from the rare occasions when he's been convinced to provide
his justification, that I often don't consider his justification valid.
However, he says things that seem to be unjustified so often, I can't
help wondering if he doesn't occasionally say things he realizes are
unjustified (either at the time, or as the result of subsequent
discussion), and withholds his justifications in order to hide the fact
that he knows he was wrong. Probably not, but I keep wondering.