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Last year I decided to do it in Rust, in order to learn Rust. I found out pretty quickly that you can’t just jump from Java/Python/Haskell into Rust and expect to understand what’s going on. This year I feel more prepared, so if time permits I’ll make it right this time.

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flubba86@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Lol, that reminds me of when I was in Uni, I had a systems development class, they taught in C, all the lectures, tutorials and assessments were done in C. Our final assignment was handed out the week the first Rust v1.0.0 build dropped in 2015. I had been following the hype around the development of Mozilla’s new language, and I was so keen, I asked my professor if I could complete my final assignment using Rust. He said it’s a great idea. Then cut to me furiously trying to learn Rust in just two weeks, so I could even start the assignment, including C interop, implementing functions with c-style interfaces for callbacks, and lots of unsafe blocks for memory manipulation and pointer manipulation. In the end I was just forcing Rust to be C.

I did get an A though, mostly because the professor couldn’t understand any of the Rust code.

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- abbadon420@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Lol. I have a student right now asking to do an assignment is PowerShell. I’m inclined to allow it and probably give them an A because I don’t understand PowerShell XD
  
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  - Anders429@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I sure hope this is not how most CS courses are being taught
    
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Anders429@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
You gonna do Rust again?

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- gerryflap@feddit.nl ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Yep, I feel a bit more prepared now. I haven’t had the time yet today, but from what I saw the first one shouldn’t be too hard
  
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technojamin@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Same. I only got through day 3 last year since I didn’t have time to do both the learning and the solving. I think I need a longer term project to give me more focus when learning a new language. This year I’m just sticking with my usual language Elixir, which I always enjoy.

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