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Programmers have to make simple things more complicated, otherwise they will program themselves out of a living. https://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/susan/joke/cpp
by gridlockd 6y ago
Programmers have to make simple things more complicated, otherwise they will program themselves out of a living.
https://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/susan/joke/cpp.htm https://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/susan/joke/cpp.htm
- hutzlibu 6y agoI read the link. Can't tell, if it is meant for real or satire. Anyway, no. No good programmer needs to make things more complicated on purpose, to earn a living. The bugfilled world of IT is complicated enough as it is and always was like this.
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- eythian 6y agoThe second paragraph is: > And yes, it is a spoof, obviously. That is obvious from its content alone, and it follows a long tradition of similar spoofs. However, enough people must have fallen for it, because Bjarne Stroustrup has felt the need to publish a rather irritated disclaimer in his FAQ!
- gridlockd 6y ago> No good programmer needs to make things more complicated on purpose, to earn a living. Who said anything about "good" programmers? > The bugfilled world of IT is complicated enough as it is and always was like this. That doesn't mean we can't make it more complicated. Look, we got record numbers of people graduating with CS degrees, coming out of bootcamps, or just learning the trade straight off of Youtube. We have to find extra work for these people, otherwise our salaries are going to tank because of increased competition.