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by thibaut_barrere
3903 days ago
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why anyone would say that one should learn the foundation instead of the abstraction? Again just one data point (not trying to generalize!), but since I started programming (circa 1985), this has always been a common confrontation point in the various (diverse) communities I've been part of. In the demo-making world for instance, some people considered that Assembler was the only way to implement something "properly" ("real programmers use asm"), vs people picking C, C++ or even TurboPascal which could still optimize a given loop with Assembler when needed only. It happens that some (but not all!) programmers with a long experience (15y+) end up considering that without knowing exactly how things work underneath in detail, you won't be able to ship anything. I think it's a mixture of "fear to be obsolete" and other psychological factors. Despite this I've personally seen a couple of people with 1 to 2y of programming experience ship viable products. Not everybody needs to know Ralf Brown's interrupt list by heart today :-) |
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