I'm fully on board with this way of working.
If you only use one language for a long time, though, don't you think you're better served by avoiding breaking for flow as much as possible?
If you only use one language for a long time, though, don't you think you're better served by avoiding breaking for flow as much as possible?
I do a lot of Perl programming at work, and even after literally 10 years with it it still does, every once in a while, manage to surprise me. (This is, IMHO, a fairly damning criticism, but that's a well-beaten horse.) But I don't particularly have to think about the simple act of writing a single statement and haven't for a long time.
It seems to me there's a debate here going on about a total non-problem.
It's not every simple thing but there are some bits that for whatever reason manage to never stick in my head
I think the original question was about exams, which is an unnatural thing, and nothing to optimize a lifetime for. Write as much code as you can, study however is most effective for you, and empty your brain when you lay your pencil/keyboard down.