Programmers often discover solutions while explaining a problem to someone else, even to people with no programming knowledge. Describing the code, and comparing to what it actually does, exposes inconsistencies. Explaining a subject also forces the programmer to look at it from new perspectives and can provide a deeper understanding.

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[–] [S] 2 points 7 months ago

The Feynman method is another name for it. Thanks to PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works for this info.

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