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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[–] 1 point 7 months ago

all that duck did was enable him. it caused me to accept his behavior and allowed me to ignore the situation because I felt someone listened to me.

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