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		ajwinn on Nov 3, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Learn a Programming Language Faster by Copying Uni... The advantage and disadvantage of this approach: you have to already know Unix commands. Inevitably all programmers learn Unix commands - but probably a rough approach for beginners. Although, I'm guessing this advice isn't really aimed at beginners anyway.

zokier on Nov 3, 2012 [–]

Other side of the coin: you'll learn unix commands in a very non-superficial way.

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