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> You really don't need good memory to be a programmer. That’s not memory, that’s hard disk (or I guess SSD for you youngins’). You definitely need good memor
by koolba 5y ago
> You really don't need good memory to be a programmer.
That’s not memory, that’s hard disk (or I guess SSD for you youngins’). You definitely need good memory to be a good programmer because large problems require a larger working set to efficiently reference whilst problem solving.
While many problems in computer science that can theoretically be solved with a small amount of memory and a large amount of slower disk, many of them cannot be solved in what we’d consider a reasonable amount of time.
- Zircom 5y agoYou're being disingenuous, when people(including the comment you're replying to) say "memory" when they're talking about people they obviously don't mean the same thing as when you're talking about a computer. He's clearly referring to his longterm recall which is directly analogous to "hard disk" as you put it.
- koolba 5y agoI was referring to human memory as well.
- faebi 5y agoOP obviously is talking about the human memory and for sure we don't have a hard disk, if at all, we have volatile memory. Power it off for long enough and all is gone.