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>Compare it to your own job - if I had the same tools as you, could I walk in and do the same job you do? Should access to a compiler be gated just because ama
by mrfredward 7y ago
>Compare it to your own job - if I had the same tools as you, could I walk in and do the same job you do?
Should access to a compiler be gated just because amateur programmers probably don't know as much as people with a degree?
The fact that you need to go to a doctor, to get referred to a facility which will run a test, which will then send that test data back to the doctor, and at the second appointment the doctor will go over the data with you to see if you needed to go to the doctor in the first place...is just an absurd waste. It shouldn't be so hard to get a few measurements done on your own body.
- soared 7y agoMy point is that a random person with access to any highly specialized tool will not output usable results. If I try to use a compiler and mess up, nothing bad happens. If I go get myself an EKG and mess up the reading, well.. death is somewhere in the list of possibilities. (To be fair, I fall into the group of people who believe in very strong government regulation to protect people from themselves, because the world is too complicated to make well-informed decisions. Easy example is seatbelts - if Ford could sells cars for $1500 cheaper if they didn't have seatbelts then some people would buy them and they'd die. Not everyone will do the proper research, so everyone needs protecting.)