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His description of learning to be a programmer in that far future era was fun too, iirc there was just so much ‘legacy code’, like practically infinite librarie
by mock-possum 1y ago
His description of learning to be a programmer in that far future era was fun too, iirc there was just so much ‘legacy code’, like practically infinite libraries and packages to perform practically any function - that ‘coding’ was mostly a matter of finding the right pieces and wiring them together. Knowing the nuances of these existing pieces and the subtlety of their interpretation was the skill.
- alexpotato 1y ago100% Another great example: In Fire Upon the Deep, due to the delay in communications between star systems, everyone use a descendant of Usenet.
- octoberfranklin 1y agoeveryone use a descendant of Usenet The future I dream of.
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