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It's interesting to me that programming is becoming a fundamental part of many (maybe most) things humans do. And yet we treat it as if there was one single cor
by comstock 9y ago
It's interesting to me that programming is becoming a fundamental part of many (maybe most) things humans do. And yet we treat it as if there was one single correct way of programming and all other ways are wrong.
I feel like it's much more akin to human language. Though the language primatives might be the same, it's used differently in different contexts are appropriate.
In formal, legal speech, you might want to be explicit.
In informal, everyday speech, not so much.
Similar analogs exist in programming. 10 time script to reformat data for one time use, careful documentation, tests etc. not really required.
Aircraft flight control system, very different...
But then why is it that so many programmers seem to focus on "the one true way" (TDD, agile etc). Beats me.