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by wingerlang 3953 days ago
Seems like it has to do with the end result. If your goal is to make an app, then you have to program that app. So you are a programmer.

If you want something quick, maybe throwaway-able, you pick something to use for that, and you are a user.

You could build a program with that throwaway script without being a programmer though. Just like I can build a house without being a carpenter.

That's my interpretation though.