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Comment on Ask HN: When was your "ah-ha" moment when learning how to program?

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After a month of plodding around with C, one night I sat bolt upright in bed and just suddenly understood pointers. I had written my fair share of BASIC and Pascal before, but I think something in my mind turned over that night. I can't explain it any other way.

I know exactly how you feel; that's how I've learned most of the really cool stuff so far. I just load the formalities into headspace, go do something else, and have a random epiphany anywhere between two minutes and two days later.

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