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by cpmouter 2925 days ago
It's surprising to me that someone could be a programmer without knowing anything about C.
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scandox 2925 days ago
The best programmer in the world may never have even seen a computer for all we know.
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carapace 2925 days ago
Dijkstra famously didn't use one until his friends and colleagues made him get a mac so they could email him.
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Senderman 2925 days ago
I was programming for a few years before I first encountered C, and that was almost 2 decades ago. I don't think it's that uncommon.
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