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Writing code builds understanding that reading alone cannot

Original: Cognitively speaking, writing is different from reading. Production is different from recognition. You can learn to unde

A researcher argues that writing is cognitively different from reading, and that production builds understanding in ways recognition does not. Comparing coding to learning a spoken language, the post suggests people can understand code they could never write, and that writing code by hand is how programmers develop a deeper theory of what software does.

Why now: The argument speaks to ongoing debates about whether AI-assisted coding, which favors recognition over production, erodes genuine programming understanding.

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• Cognitively speaking, writing is different from reading. Production is different from recognition. You can learn to understand a language, both written and verbal, without being able to speak it. Human beings writing code is how they come to develop the theory of the… · abucci@buc.ci · 1

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