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To use? No, most modern languages can abstract to a high level. But senior JS developers that don't understand even basic memory management are not going to hav
by abarwick 4y ago
To use? No, most modern languages can abstract to a high level. But senior JS developers that don't understand even basic memory management are not going to have a good enough handle on what's going on under the hood to be helpful. I think is more to do with them not being remotely curious, which is a prerequisite to good engineering.
- jamesfinlayson 4y agoAgreed - for moderately big/moderately complex systems, there are plenty of problems that really need a moderate understanding of what the underlying runtime, operating system, network etc are actually doing.
- wly_cdgr 4y agoSure, I agree that they do. My point is they shouldn't