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by radarsat1 3107 days ago
> It's easy to understand, I just don't get why do I need it for anything but Git development.

I dunno man.. I don't particularly want to implement a macro language compiler these days, but it sure helps to understand how one works when working with the C preprocessor. (Just a dumb example..)

I mean, are you actually arguing that it should be unnecessary to understand the underlying models that your tools use to do what they do?