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You are mistaking 'programmer' with 'computing scientist'. The goal of a programmer should be to write great programs. Sometimes that may require discovering
by sambeau 13y ago
You are mistaking 'programmer' with 'computing scientist'.
The goal of a programmer should be to write great programs.
Sometimes that may require discovering new paradigms. Mostly it involves picking up a trusted tool and getting on with it.
Studying programming languages themselves may make you a more knowledgeable programmer but will not necessarily make you a better programmer.
To become a better programmer you simply have to write better programs.
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- dinkumthinkum 13y agoYes, we are not talking about some random programming language of a textbook like Ada or Algol. Virtually any system you actually interact with in the real world has a very high probability that it was built in C. At one point, it was nearly a lingua franca. I do not argue it is the greatest language or any box you're trying to put me in. I argue that a proficient programmer with the goal of being well versed in programming (not just "computer science" as you dismissively wrote) should be knowledgeable of C and C++ or at least desire to be and not have some strange attitude of promoting it's ignorance ...