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Lecture 1 | Programming Paradigms (Stanford)

Stanford · 1.2M views · 2008-07-19 · 17:26

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The first lecture of Stanford's CS107 Programming Paradigms, taught by Jerry Cain, giving an overview of the course. The course goes from C and assembly through C++, concurrency, Scheme and Python.

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Commenters rate the whole playlist as high-quality, clear teaching that builds foundations from memory and machine instructions up to different paradigms.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2011–2024

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University lectures & coursesProgramming language designC, C++, Rust, Go & systems languages
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killthebuddha · 2024-03 · Strong recommendation

Wow, that playlist is absolute gold. These kinds of instructional, high-quality, long-form lecture series are IMO maybe the best thing on the internet. The kind of thing when I encounter it makes me take a step back and really appreciate the fundamental beauty and utility of the internet. A few other examples: - [LINK] - [LINK] - [LINK] - [VIDEO] Sometimes I wish there was a frontend for YouTube that only has these kind of long-form lecture series, but I've never found one. I think part of the reason why is that essential "quality" is somewhat ineffable.

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vlz · 2023-01 · Strong recommendation

Stanfords "Programming Paradigms" for learning how code gets compiled to bits and bytes. [VIDEO] Not the most sexy topic but it goes to a low level and gives you a clear picture of how memory is laid out, how functions translate to instructions from C, C++, then goes on to use Scheme and Python to show further paradigms. The presentation is clear and it simplifies in just the right places to give you the foundations.

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vibrunazo · 2011-06 · Recommendation

I agree with this guy. Learning some very basic technical skills is very easy and can help you a lot. A small tip I'd like to give to any non-tech person. Is to watch Stanford's CS106a lectures on youtube: [VIDEO] You can watch the whole thing in about a week. It gives you a decent grasp of what coding is. And they use a very friendly language that anyone can understand. It's a very small effort that will make it much easier for you to talk and understand tech people. Worth your time in my opinion, take a look. Also, it's important to note that there's almost always many alternative routes that you follow to get somewhere. While learning code yourself is a great route. It's for sure not the only one. I think the most common solution for people looking for a technical co-founder is to stop looking for a co-founder and look for an employee. Which can become a co-founder in the future once you get along. The article talks about this as well.

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