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This is a great shibboleth for identifying mature programmers who understand the complexity of computers, vs arrogant people who wonder aloud how systems develo
by gowld 7y ago
This is a great shibboleth for identifying mature programmers who understand the complexity of computers, vs arrogant people who wonder aloud how systems developers and language designers could get such a "simple" thing wrong.
- hutzlibu 7y ago" vs arrogant people who wonder aloud how systems developers and language designers could get such a "simple" thing wrong." I never heard anyone complain that it would be simple to fix. But complaining? Yes - and rightfully so. Not every webprogrammer need to know the hw details and don't want to, so it is understandable that this causes irritation.