This article is part of the sequence The Basics You Won't Learn in the Basics aimed at eager people striving to gain a deeper understanding of programming and computer science.
For nearly two years, I have been leading programming basics courses. During this time, I have always wanted to deliver more knowledge to the students, than was intended in the course program. However, I haven't been able to find enough time during lectures to share this knowledge, so I decided to make a series of blog posts about fundamental topics in programming and computer science, which seem to be skipped in regular programming basics courses. …
