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Re:Programmers are confessing their sins to protest a broken... by OJFord on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @05:16PM (#13758669)
> Rushing into coding something using abstract mathematical computer science techniques is a poor way to solve real world business problems.

(If you want a disclaimer, I'm not really sure which side I come down on with this, but:)

Knowing how to model something abstractly, and what known good algorithms might be applicable, is exactly not 'rushing into coding'.

Re:Programmers are confessing their sins to protest a broken... by Apocryphon on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @06:12PM (#13769557)
It is when it's done within an artificial fifty minute-long timeframe.