> But I do have a challenge for you. Surely you know a “super programmer.” You might even be one. If so, let’s hear from you or them. Tell us that complex p

> But I do have a challenge for you. Surely you know a “super programmer.” You might even be one. If so, let’s hear from you or them. Tell us that complex problem that is too difficult for the rest of us to possibly understand. I generally tend to agree, and in the majority of computation I think this is generally true. Compilers for instance I think are one thing that the majority of programmers imagine to be simply above them. While in reality they are much like the rest of the software we write. However as a counter example, the hardest things I've ever written included a rather complicated lock-free data structure, specifically optimized for 3D effects rendering and simulation. The amount of mental capacity that took was pretty astounding, and what I took from the experience is that I'd try to never have to do something of such complexity again. I am also, however unsure if I could complete a similar task again. It did give me an appreciation that some things are just simply harder.