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jan_m_savagetoday at 7:18 AM0 repliesview on HN

This should be said more often, and in many other contexts as well.

Most educational resources are what- and how-based, only the best ones are primarily why-based, what Wirth once wrote in the preface to some Pascal book (I paraphrase) 'discussions are motivated, so that the learner gets coverage and understanding, instead of memorization'.