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10x what? As far as I'm aware, Shannon wasn't even a programmer. I'm sure Ritchie was pretty good at coding in the language he invented; AIUI, that language i
by denton-scratch 5y ago
10x what?
As far as I'm aware, Shannon wasn't even a programmer.
I'm sure Ritchie was pretty good at coding in the language he invented; AIUI, that language is pretty similar to the assembly language of the machine he designed it for.
I don't know anything about Buterin and Dean.
I'm sure these people all had brilliant ideas and insights, that I couldn't begin to match. But given an arbitrary dev task, I doubt they'd come close to 10x the performance of a reasonably competent dev.
- deltree7 5y ago'dev task', 'shannon wasn't a programmer', 'don't know about buterin, dean' -- There in lies your problem, seriously
- denton-scratch 5y agoShannon was a mathematician, famous for his work on information theory. Wikipedia says he presented a paper on the subject of programming a computer to play chess. In 1949. It doesn't mention any other programming accomplishments. And as far as I know, there were no programming languages at that time. And if my "problem" is not having heard of Buterin and Dean, I reckon myself a fortunate fellow - I can think of worse problems.