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		AnimalMuppet on May 7, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Conversations with a six-year-old on functional pr... Familiar? Seriously?!? That syntax is not familiar to non-programmers. > Math should be taught in prefix notation if u ask me. Perhaps it should, but it's not. Or was this whole post sarcasm, and it was done so well that I missed it?

Coincoin on May 7, 2018 [–]

There must be a name for that, when someone casually says something is simple when it is in fact a very complicated subject.

EDIT: After some googling, TIL humblebragging.

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