thenwho

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   by thenwho 2y ago

   It always has to be some moral thing with you people. What's "wrong" is that software practitioners who don't know their history are doomed to repeat it. It implies a lack of exposure to different parts of the field, and
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   by thenwho 2y ago

   For what it's worth, you're right. I saw the same thing happen with Go: everyone seems to think that Go invented static linking and gasp compiling executables, seemingly ignorant of the fact that we actually used to do that all
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   by thenwho 2y ago

   Okay? Programmers have to understand lots of things that aren't just the bare basics of the language they're using. When did we decide that all software developers are helpless? When can we get back to expecting experts to know th