“Coding is basically just ifs and for loops.”

Re:“Coding is basically just ifs and for loops.” by usrbinbash on Saturday December 04, 2021 @07:45PM (#29445734)

>They are well understood and most people can understand them with little to no additional education past what they learned in their business or engineering bachelors degrees.

Imperative code:

    Take A and B.
    Add C ml of Water.
    Stir for 2 minutes.
    If it thickened, add D grams of flour, else go back to stiring.

This is easily understood by everyone, degree or no. Once someone figures out loops and the difference between statement and expression, they can essentially understand imperative code.

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Re:“Coding is basically just ifs and for loops.” by davidkpiano on Sunday December 05, 2021 @08:50AM (#29449251)

Okay, now put boxes around each sentence and connect them with arrows. ;-)

Imperative code quickly devolves to a point where it is no longer understandable by anyone but the developers who wrote it.

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