Epigrams on Programming (1982)

Re:Epigrams on Programming (1982) by andai on Sunday July 12, 2020 @08:12AM (#23810753)

> Perhaps if we wrote programs from childhood on, as adults we'd be able to read them.

Can anyone confirm? :)

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Re:Epigrams on Programming (1982) by throwvid19 on Sunday July 12, 2020 @10:51AM (#23811775)

Nope; still can't read my own code.

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Re:Epigrams on Programming (1982) by andai on Sunday July 12, 2020 @11:01AM (#23811869)

I've written on paper from childhood and I still can't read my own handwriting.

I remember one time I found something I'd written in grade school and I could barely make it out -- until suddenly the memory clicked in my brain and I could understand every word. But only because I was associating the crude shapes with memories of what I wrote!

It is much the same with my programs.

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