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It's super easy to learn how algorithms and what not work without knowing the syntax of a language. I can tell you how a binary search tree works, but I have no clue how to code it in Java because I've never used Java.
And similarly, i could read code in a language I dont know, understand what it does and how it works even if I don't know the syntax well enough to write it myself
Yeah, exactly. At least any fairly modern language. I don't think I could just pick up assembly and read it without the class I took. Heck, I don't think I could read it anymore now that it's been several years since that class.
I mean same, but you can look to the official docs for like what a loop or queue looks like
Not during a test. But maybe in those 20 hours they have.