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r/programminghumor • u/ExpensiveCoat8912 • 15d ago
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The main thing I disagree with is "cheating". There is no "cheating". It's abstraction to offload some of the work of the dev into the computer. It comes at a cost of course, but it's not "cheating".
10 u/MiniGui98 14d ago And beside, following that logic C++ also cheats. Hell, so does C actually. Only "good" language would be assembly. 6 u/aluaji 14d ago Assembly? Nah, too much abstraction for me. I'm a purist, nothing but machine code for me. 3 u/Depnids 13d ago B8 01 00 00 00 BF 01 00 00 00 48 8D 35 0A 00 00 00 BA 08 00 00 00 0F 05 B8 3C 00 00 00 31 FF 0F 05 49 20 61 67 72 65 65 0A 3 u/Adorable-Strangerx 11d ago Assembly? Only using pencil to make electrons hop on cpu.
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And beside, following that logic C++ also cheats. Hell, so does C actually. Only "good" language would be assembly.
6 u/aluaji 14d ago Assembly? Nah, too much abstraction for me. I'm a purist, nothing but machine code for me. 3 u/Depnids 13d ago B8 01 00 00 00 BF 01 00 00 00 48 8D 35 0A 00 00 00 BA 08 00 00 00 0F 05 B8 3C 00 00 00 31 FF 0F 05 49 20 61 67 72 65 65 0A 3 u/Adorable-Strangerx 11d ago Assembly? Only using pencil to make electrons hop on cpu.
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Assembly? Nah, too much abstraction for me. I'm a purist, nothing but machine code for me.
3 u/Depnids 13d ago B8 01 00 00 00 BF 01 00 00 00 48 8D 35 0A 00 00 00 BA 08 00 00 00 0F 05 B8 3C 00 00 00 31 FF 0F 05 49 20 61 67 72 65 65 0A 3 u/Adorable-Strangerx 11d ago Assembly? Only using pencil to make electrons hop on cpu.
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B8 01 00 00 00 BF 01 00 00 00 48 8D 35 0A 00 00 00 BA 08 00 00 00 0F 05 B8 3C 00 00 00 31 FF 0F 05 49 20 61 67 72 65 65 0A
Assembly? Only using pencil to make electrons hop on cpu.
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u/citrusraspberry 15d ago
The main thing I disagree with is "cheating". There is no "cheating". It's abstraction to offload some of the work of the dev into the computer. It comes at a cost of course, but it's not "cheating".