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Re:Simplify Your Code: Functional Core, Imperative Shell by Twisol on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @10:23AM (#45733273)
> But no advice that you give about "the correct philosophy" is going to instantly transfer enough knowledge to make all large companies write good code, if only they followed it.

Good old "Programming as Theory Building". It's almost impossible to achieve this kind of transfer without already having the requisite lived experience.

[0]: https://ratfactor.com/papers/naur1_theory_building.pdf

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Re:Simplify Your Code: Functional Core, Imperative Shell by naasking on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @12:04PM (#45734661)
"The astronomer may speak to you of his understanding of space, but he cannot give you his understanding." ~ Kahlil Gibran ~
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