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[-] vrkr@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago

Spaces look the same on every screen.

[-] 257m@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Answering my own question here. If you don't have any interest in how the tools you use work, programming isn't "for you" (take that with a grain of salt). If you are writing code and have never looked into how compilers/interpreters work or are using a library and haven't even taken a peak at the library's source code you should because it will make you a better programmer in the long run. And I'm not saying you can't get anything done without that curiosity but curiosity is a major part of being a programmer. Also you don't need to have a deep understanding of the tool just a overview of what it's doing. Like for a compiler understanding what lexers, parsers, ASTs, code generators are will allow you to write code with that in mind.

[-] russmatney@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

Types and unit tests are bloat that increase the maintenance cost of whatever code they are involved in. Most types force premature design/optimization. Most unit tests lock up some specific implementation (increasing cost of inevitable refactors) rather than prevent actual bugs.

Nil-punning in clojure has spoiled me rotten, and now every other language is annoyingly verbose and pedantic.

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[-] shotgun_crab@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

All programming languages suck, therefore the language you use doesn't matter

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