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		pc86 on Oct 9, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Writing code with pencil and paper (2022) Pseudocode isn't coding, but sufficiently advanced pseudocode is indistinguishable from Python. Regardless, I don't see why the parent would have necessarily mentioned pseudocode for any reason?

BlueTemplar on Oct 9, 2023 [–]

Because that's a huge part of what the article talks about ?

(Also, even Python is at more risk of funneling you in some direction that might be suboptimal, at least more than pseudocode.)

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