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RunSet on Oct 8, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Best book to learn C in 2022?

OP: "How can I do x?"

Top reply: "Why do you want to do x?"

Thought I was on StackOverflow for a second.

CodeSgt on Oct 8, 2022 [–]

Well I don't think they were asking in an adversarial way like you might find on SO.

Seems as if they just wanted some insight into my decision making process and why I chose to do x over y so they can better make the decision themselves.

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