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Re:The Awk Programming Language (1988) [pdf] by blowski on Thursday May 24, 2018 @10:48AM (#17144494)
It sounds like we have a different definition of programming. For me, programming is producing code that gets executed by another piece of hardware or software.

The complexity of the code is not part of the definition. Nor is your understanding of the hardware/software involved.

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Re:The Awk Programming Language (1988) [pdf] by mjburgess on Thursday May 24, 2018 @11:21AM (#17144856)
Enjoying programming is enjoying programming. The way it is sold, sometimes, is not as programming.

Unless you've experienced this sales pitch you're not going to connect with the point i'm making.

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Re:The Awk Programming Language (1988) [pdf] by kchr on Friday May 25, 2018 @11:31AM (#17154650)
Care to give an example pitch from the real world?
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