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What are some common misconceptions about programming that you'd like to debunk? (self.programming)

submitted 9 months ago by mac to c/programming

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[–] vause 30 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1425

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What's funny about this comic now is the second one has become very attainable in the years since it was released. The concept still applies though. Some things are a lot harder than they seem on the surface.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Somebody spent the money on a research team and five years is why it is very attainable now.

Someone trying to write the code from scratch would still take a research team and years to replicate it from scratch.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Oh yeah, for sure

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago

And here I was thinking of https://xkcd.com/664/