Is dissecting others' code the fastest way to become accustomed to a language you're new to?
>>54298368
yes
just use libraries learning how to code is pretty pointless
>>54298419
But what if there isn't a library for what you want to do?
>>54298368
Yes, but checking up reference later is very important.
Otherwise you might start using legacy/deprecated techniques and miss important facts.
![reversing[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/ZqDLx6K.png "reversing[1].png")
lmao, to be honest, yes.
>>54298468
There always is.
No, you fucking retard.
>>54298368
Do you have a bunch of projects you've written in a programming language you're familiar with? Try reimplementing those projects in the new language.
desu, if you are asking /g/ you probably know more than /g/'s collective userbase.
>>54298368
having a personal mentor is always better
So long as it isn't C, where every programmer unconsciously practices for the IOCCC.
You need to write code. Dissecting code is like reading books.
It's one way to become accustomed, but the best way is to write something meaningful yourself
>>54301907
this
can you imagine working on quake 3 trying to debug and looking at the fast inverse square root function?
>>54302292
That one was a consultant hired to do some optimizing. The comments are where the id programmers could follow that it was a Newton's approximation, but couldn't see what the fuck the magic float number with int operations and shifting was for.
