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If I could make a meta point, nothing about software is magic (except the fact it works at all). Computers do exactly as they are told and nothing more. If you
by opportune 4y ago
If I could make a meta point, nothing about software is magic (except the fact it works at all). Computers do exactly as they are told and nothing more.
If you’re using some underlying technology you should really know how it works at some level so you can understand what assumptions you can make and which you can’t. TCP doesn’t mean there is never data loss.
- dylan604 4y agoExcept when literal bugs short out your system, or actual cosmic rays bit flip your data, or any plethora of other things that can cause your "correctly written" code to not function as expected. That's when the magicians come out and do their thing