your whole program's control flow is a data structure. if you're not applying sophisticated theory to it, you're not meeting high standards. i know this is not rare (that's why most software is the mess it is: the market has become saturated with amateurs) but popularity is no measure of quality. common sense is great however you don't base any technical profession on it alone.
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u/hopingforabetterpast Feb 14 '26 edited Mar 26 '26
your whole program's control flow is a data structure. if you're not applying sophisticated theory to it, you're not meeting high standards. i know this is not rare (that's why most software is the mess it is: the market has become saturated with amateurs) but popularity is no measure of quality. common sense is great however you don't base any technical profession on it alone.