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I think non-programmers have this vision of The Matrix, Swordfish and all non realistic vision of programming. Swarms of text floating down the screen, whilst y
by jbrooksuk 13y ago
I think non-programmers have this vision of The Matrix, Swordfish and all non realistic vision of programming. Swarms of text floating down the screen, whilst you're supposed to be pounding the keyboard and writing lots of numbers and equations.
Whilst it's true, we do look at a block of text, it's not always moving and boring. There is a lot of testing and visual feedback for us. Perhaps they get overwhelmed by the Terminal because they think "Oh god, The Matrix. My eyes." but it's not always like that.
- pgbovine 13y agohave you seen the output of make? or pdflatex? if anyone walks by your screen while you're compiling anything, it's going to look like The Matrix, especially if you use a dark terminal color scheme :)
- jbrooksuk 13y ago> have you seen the output of make? Yes. That's a good point. Make is awful to read through quickly.