Re: Learning to code by reading code

From	Stanley Rice <heconghui@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c++
Subject	Re: Learning to code by reading code
Date	2012-02-19 05:24 -0800
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> Again, you're biasing a novice's understanding with code they don't
> understand which may be horrid.   The first step is for the person to 
> become proficient in the language.

How to be proficient in the language without reading others' code, please? Maybe reading other's code is the first step whiling learning a language, after all, we have to read some code snippets and some demon that explain some functions written in this language. 

I recalled that when I begin to learn to play basketball, I will some vedio and NBA, watching other playing basketball including some of my friends. Of course they are not professional in playing basketball, but watching them playing not only give me fun, but also improve my skills, or impression.

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The way to read STL source code Stanley Rice <heconghui@gmail.com> - 2012-02-16 23:18 -0800
  Re: The way to read STL source code Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2012-02-17 07:29 +0000
    Re: The way to read STL source code Stanley Rice <heconghui@gmail.com> - 2012-02-17 00:56 -0800
      Re: The way to read STL source code Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-02-17 01:11 -0800
      Re: The way to read STL source code Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2012-02-17 12:31 +0000
        Re: The way to read STL source code Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-02-17 16:35 +0000
          Re: The way to read STL source code Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2012-02-17 20:38 +0000
            Re: The way to read STL source code Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-02-21 21:17 +0000
        Re: The way to read STL source code Stanley Rice <heconghui@gmail.com> - 2012-02-17 16:55 -0800
          Re: The way to read STL source code Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-02-18 14:13 +1300
          Re: Learning to code by reading code (was: The way to read STL source code) "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-02-18 19:00 -0500
            Re: Learning to code by reading code "MikeWhy" <boat042-nospam@yahoo.com> - 2012-02-18 22:34 -0600
            Re: Learning to code by reading code "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-02-19 03:54 -0500
              Re: Learning to code by reading code "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> - 2012-02-19 10:42 +0100
              Re: Learning to code by reading code "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-02-20 03:39 -0500
            Re: Learning to code by reading code "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-02-19 03:54 -0500
              Re: Learning to code by reading code Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-02-19 08:40 -0800
                Re: Learning to code by reading code "MikeWhy" <boat042-nospam@yahoo.com> - 2012-02-19 13:17 -0600
                Re: Learning to code by reading code Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-02-20 02:32 -0800
                Re: Learning to code by reading code "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2012-02-20 13:02 +0100
                Re: Learning to code by reading code Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-02-20 05:09 -0800
                Re: Learning to code by reading code "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2012-02-20 15:11 +0100
                Re: Learning to code by reading code Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-02-20 07:39 -0800
                Re: Learning to code by reading code "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-02-20 04:14 -0500
                Re: Learning to code by reading code "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> - 2012-02-20 11:14 +0100
                Re: Learning to code by reading code Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-02-20 02:49 -0800
                Re: Learning to code by reading code "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2012-02-20 13:02 +0100
                Re: Learning to code by reading code Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-02-20 05:18 -0800
                Re: Learning to code by reading code "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-02-20 13:53 +0000
                Re: Learning to code by reading code Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-02-21 01:32 -0800
                Re: Learning to code by reading code "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2012-02-21 16:16 +0100
                Re: Learning to code by reading code Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-02-21 08:40 -0800
                Re: Learning to code by reading code "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-02-20 17:36 -0500
                Re: Learning to code by reading code Mike McCarty <mcmccarty@gmail.com> - 2012-02-20 15:27 -0800
                Re: Learning to code by reading code Dombo <dombo@disposable.invalid> - 2012-02-21 00:45 +0100
                Re: Learning to code by reading code "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-02-21 04:35 -0500
                Re: Learning to code by reading code Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-02-21 08:48 -0800
                Re: Learning to code by reading code Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-02-22 00:12 -0800
                Re: Learning to code by reading code "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-02-22 06:12 -0500
                Re: Learning to code by reading code Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-02-22 04:30 -0800
                Re: Learning to code by reading code Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-02-22 10:45 -0800
                Re: Learning to code by reading code Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-02-23 01:12 -0800
                Re: Learning to code by reading code "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-02-23 07:34 -0500
                Re: Learning to code by reading code Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-02-23 05:46 -0800
                Re: Learning to code by reading code "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2012-02-24 08:38 +0100
                Re: Learning to code by reading code "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2012-02-24 08:40 +0100
                Re: Learning to code by reading code "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2012-02-24 09:38 +0100
                Re: Learning to code by reading code "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-02-25 05:25 -0500
                Re: Learning to code by reading code Dombo <dombo@disposable.invalid> - 2012-02-25 12:50 +0100
                Re: Learning to code by reading code Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-02-25 06:13 -0800
                Re: Learning to code by reading code Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2012-02-26 07:20 +0000
                Re: Learning to code by reading code Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2012-02-21 08:23 +0000
                Re: Learning to code by reading code Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2012-02-21 08:43 +0000
                Re: Learning to code by reading code "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-02-21 04:47 -0500
                Re: Learning to code by reading code Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2012-02-21 10:09 +0000
                Re: Learning to code by reading code "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-02-22 05:38 -0500
                Re: Learning to code by reading code "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-02-21 04:31 -0500
                Re: Learning to code by reading code Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2012-02-21 10:05 +0000
                Re: Learning to code by reading code "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> - 2012-02-21 12:21 +0100
                Re: Learning to code by reading code "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-02-22 06:04 -0500
                Re: Learning to code by reading code "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-02-21 11:01 +0000
                Re: Learning to code by reading code "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-02-22 05:59 -0500
                Re: Learning to code by reading code Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-02-21 01:27 -0800
                Re: Learning to code by reading code Peter Remmers <p.remmers@expires-2011-04-30.arcornews.de> - 2012-02-20 22:25 +0100
                Re: Learning to code by reading code Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-02-26 08:47 +0000
                Re: Learning to code by reading code "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-02-26 10:55 +0000
                Re: Learning to code by reading code Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2012-02-22 08:59 +0100
                Re: Learning to code by reading code "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-02-22 05:59 -0500
                Re: Learning to code by reading code Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2012-02-22 13:47 +0100
                Re: Learning to code by reading code "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-02-23 06:21 -0500
                Re: Learning to code by reading code Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-02-22 00:08 -0800
            Re: Learning to code by reading code "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-02-19 03:54 -0500
              Re: Learning to code by reading code Stanley Rice <heconghui@gmail.com> - 2012-02-19 05:24 -0800
            Re: Learning to code by reading code Marco van de Voort <marcov@toad.stack.nl> - 2012-02-19 11:27 +0000
          Re: Learning to code by reading code (was: The way to read STL source code) Ebenezer <woodbrian77@gmail.com> - 2012-02-18 20:02 -0800
            Re: Learning to code by reading code (was: The way to read STL source code) 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2012-02-18 21:51 -0800
            Re: Learning to code by reading code (was: The way to read STL source code) "Bo Persson" <bop@gmb.dk> - 2012-02-19 16:10 +0100
          Re: The way to read STL source code Mark Elston <m.elston@advantest-ard.com> - 2012-02-21 16:40 -0800
    Re: The way to read STL source code Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-02-17 01:06 -0800
  Re: The way to read STL source code Goran <goran.pusic@gmail.com> - 2012-02-16 23:36 -0800
    Re: The way to read STL source code Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-02-17 01:12 -0800
      Re: The way to read STL source code Goran <goran.pusic@gmail.com> - 2012-02-17 03:57 -0800
        Re: The way to read STL source code Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-02-17 05:15 -0800
          Re: The way to read STL source code Goran <goran.pusic@gmail.com> - 2012-02-17 06:02 -0800
          Re: The way to read STL source code Stanley Rice <heconghui@gmail.com> - 2012-02-17 17:08 -0800
            Re: The way to read STL source code Dombo <dombo@disposable.invalid> - 2012-02-19 16:52 +0100
  Re: The way to read STL source code Krice <paulkp@mbnet.fi> - 2012-02-24 00:38 -0800
  Re: The way to read STL source code 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2012-02-25 10:46 -0800
    Re: The way to read STL source code 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2012-02-26 14:57 -0800
    Re: The way to read STL source code Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-02-27 03:02 -0800

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