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> I can't think of a worse idea There are lots of worse ideas. Things get abstracted from us over time. 99% of the code in active development today probably
by starik36 4y ago
> I can't think of a worse idea
There are lots of worse ideas. Things get abstracted from us over time. 99% of the code in active development today probably lives in a source control repo that's in the cloud.
At one point, decades ago, I looked with amusement on devs that couldn't do C/C++. But the reality was that it wasn't really needed anymore for most tasks.
- jrm4 4y agoThis is different from what you're saying though. This isn't about "what basic knowledge is needed generally." This is about us frog-boiling ourselves into a world where we end up accepting the mentality that code is owned and controlled by the big company/entity in the center. For now it's "convenience," but if it continues it absolutely will turn into a center of power to be policed. "Dangerous code" will be censored, etc. In other words, yes, Stallman was right.