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stephenboyd on Jan 3, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why recursive data structures?

As a web developer, I appreciate this rare use of JavaScript in a CS lesson.

braythwayt on Jan 3, 2017 [–]

JavaScript is the language most likely to be familiar to the audience I'm trying to reach. But at a certain point, it gets in the way of explaining an idea rather than making it easier.

I think this essay stays on the right side of that trade-off.

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