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What came first, the programmer or the code? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 21 points 3 years ago (1 child)

All code already exists in Plato's world of perfect abstractions. Programmers merely view this ideal world darkly and scribble what imperfect algorithms they can vaguely remember.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    Stackoverflow is platonism for the masses, a means by which to copy perfect code from "programmers."

    The "other programmers" are dead. There is no perfect algorithm. And so we must become programmers unto ourselves...

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