Saul Caganoff wrote:
Programming is much easier because much of it is a process of trial
and error. You can generate any old crap (many programmers do) and
gradually refine it by successively throwing it at:
a) a compiler
Yes, some of the rigor is now automated. That's progress. Programming
is about writing and inventing things. That's a messy business, at
least if it is done well.
Marcus
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