▲ 110 ▼ What are some common misconceptions about programming that you'd like to debunk? (programming.dev) submitted 2 years ago by mac@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev 179 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] vause@programming.dev 30 points 2 years ago (2 children) Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1425 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] WalrusByte@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] snooggums@kbin.social 25 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WalrusByte@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Oh yeah, for sure permalink fedilink source parent [–] randy@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 years ago And here I was thinking of https://xkcd.com/664/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WalrusByte@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] snooggums@kbin.social 25 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WalrusByte@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Oh yeah, for sure permalink fedilink source parent
[–] snooggums@kbin.social 25 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WalrusByte@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Oh yeah, for sure permalink fedilink source parent
[–] randy@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 years ago And here I was thinking of https://xkcd.com/664/ permalink fedilink source parent