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Re:Anecdotally, Programmers Dislike "Reduce" by bawolff on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @08:07PM (#49734777)
Meh, if you need a computer program to understand an API its a bad api.

APIs should make sense inherently. An IDE can band-aid a bad design, but that doesn't make it a good design.

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Re:Anecdotally, Programmers Dislike "Reduce" by atherton94027 on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @08:16PM (#49734839)
There are lots of APIs where the order of argument isn't obvious, it doesn't mean they're bad designs
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Re:Anecdotally, Programmers Dislike "Reduce" by mitxela on Thursday September 17, 2026 @12:58AM (#49736580)
That's why I only program in punched cards. If you need a visual editor you're a bad programmer.
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Re:Anecdotally, Programmers Dislike "Reduce" by brabel on Thursday September 17, 2026 @03:03AM (#49737366)
Luxury! All I need is a magnetic needle and a steady hand to flip the bits directly on the silicone.
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Re:Anecdotally, Programmers Dislike "Reduce" by jumpingscript on Thursday September 17, 2026 @03:14AM (#49737453)
excuse me, but real programmers use butterflies.
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