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submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

We learn theory not to understand the derivation of the details, but to understand how the theory fits in with everything else. Using a library without understanding the theory just means you know that sin(angle) is just a number, but not how the number helps you work out the length of steel beam as it changes due to changes in angle.

They are simply not the same.

Source: working with juniors that can't do anything outside of what the libraries do for them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Agreed, but almost everyone here can relate to trying to find efficiencies that end up costing you just as much time.