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Re:If you can’t explain something in simple terms, you don’t... by foobarchu on Thursday June 15, 2017 @09:25PM (#14565937)
> "What I can't program, I don't understand."

This, of course, does not hold for the inverse of 'what I can program, I do understand'.

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Re:If you can’t explain something in simple terms, you don’t... by TheOtherHobbes on Friday June 16, 2017 @04:39AM (#14567472)
This depends on the output of "program" and also on the meaning of "program."

The most useful meaning is "Have a consistent and reliable model for."

The code implements a model. Of course you can implement a very bad model as easily as a consistent and reliable model.

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