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Re:Git's list of banned C functions by mjcohen on Thursday March 04, 2021 @11:10PM (#26352581)
Medicine also requires, after college, medical school and a residency - typically 6 to 9 years work. Programming requires none of this.
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Re:Git's list of banned C functions by maccard on Friday March 05, 2021 @05:30AM (#26355227)
In the US. In many other places, medicine is an undergraduate field of study, you're in a hospital from your first year, and by year 3 you're being paid.
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Re:Git's list of banned C functions by th3sly on Friday March 05, 2021 @02:47AM (#26354006)
> Programming requires none of this.

But it requires you to refresh your knowledge constantly so from this point of view it's similar

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Re:Git's list of banned C functions by KptMarchewa on Friday March 05, 2021 @03:31AM (#26354367)
If you're arguing that medicine does not, then I hope you're doing software engineering.
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Re:Git's list of banned C functions by harpiaharpyja on Friday March 05, 2021 @10:10AM (#26357635)
> so from this point of view it's similar
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