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Can one be too dumb for programming? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've always flunked at math; and knowing how intertwined programming is with math, I'm skeptical of my ability to learn how to code. Can someone be too dumb to learn programming? If it helps, I'm mostly interested in learning Common Lisp.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I'm starting to believe I am. Been at this for a year and I still don't understand how to use methods like .filter() or .map() despite reading and practicing, it's all just smashing the keyboard until it works. I know some other devs will come in and joke they do the same thing but no, I feel truly lost when trying to figure this out.

[–] mhredox 2 points 1 year ago

I've mostly reached a point where I'm not always having to go back a look up documentation, but for some reason array methods still get me.

Every. Single. Time.

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