Humans are basically just ifs and for loops
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“Coding is basically just ifs and for loops.”
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#32also "coding is basically over glorified plumbing".
~ my cynical coworkers
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#34That first reply is so funny to me because it hits too close to home https://twitter.com/nice_byte/status/1466940940229046273 The more I do this, the more I gravitate towards the simple things.
That image[a] is so funny because it is so true:
Anyone who has ever written any software has felt like the unenlighted half-person in the middle of that distribution at least once -- for example, when learning how to code with a different approach in a new language.
I have felt like that more than once. Everyone here has, I suspect.
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[a] https://twitter.com/nice_byte/status/1466940940229046273/pho...
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#35Add in some form of mutability and you’ve got yourself a Turing machine, yes.
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#36I also like "all web development is basically fancy string concatenation", and as a web dev I feel seen.
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#37This is funny, but it's like saying "Math is basically pluses and minuses". I see coding as playing with hardware without having to use soldering iron.
Maybe math is just equations and sets.
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#39Quite literally how I explain coding to people.
It’s basically that, plus resource management.
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#40Humans are basically just ifs and for loops
The masses are just loops. The mindful are gets and loops. The ruling class are gets, sets, and loops. The elite are ifs, gets, sets, and loops.