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Well, the main problem I have with this idea is the assumption that all Programming is equal! Which is not. It is easy to write a simple program that concatena
by Another1 16y ago
Well, the main problem I have with this idea is the assumption that all Programming is equal! Which is not.
It is easy to write a simple program that concatenate 2 files for examples, it is also easy to create a CRUD database application
Systems programming on the other hand is hard, because to be good at it, you need to understand how the systems work, which is hard, and by hard I mean you need to do a lot of reading and remember many details
I believe Programming is as hard & complex as the Programming Problem domain.
Programming itself is not hard, because concepts like Iteration, functions, conditional branching, recursion, OOP (Inheritance, encapsulation, polymorphism ), etc ... are not that complex, are they?
- ippisl 16y agoI agree with your idea , but: In many programs today , you're pretty far removed from the problem domain by all kinds of technical stuff. just look at web development , when you have to learn python/JS/HTML/css/framework/scaling+deployment and write a lot of code, just to build a social networking site(which isn't a very complex domain).
- gnaritas 16y ago> because concepts like Iteration, functions, conditional branching, recursion, OOP (Inheritance, encapsulation, polymorphism ), etc ... are not that complex, are they? No, but stringing them all together without making an unmaintainable mess in a reasonable amount of time, for most, is.