The Parable of the Two Programmers (1985)

Re:The Parable of the Two Programmers (1985) by Retra on Sunday January 25, 2015 @02:07AM (#8942272)

Is this sarcasm? The article pretty clearly judges in an extremely opinionated way.

It's a shame it never actually stated the specification of the program. It seems like that would be the kind of thing you would need to know to form a fair opinion.

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Re:The Parable of the Two Programmers (1985) by sidcool on Sunday January 25, 2015 @02:08AM (#8942275)

It's not sarcasm. I really interpreted the article this way. Might not be the correct interpretation.

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Re:The Parable of the Two Programmers (1985) by javert on Sunday January 25, 2015 @02:13AM (#8942291)

You got it right.

Perhaps a better way to put it would be to say that the article teaches by demonstration instead of teaching by assertion.

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Re:The Parable of the Two Programmers (1985) by smasuch on Sunday January 25, 2015 @02:16AM (#8942296)

But, it's a fictional story. I can make up a fictional story to demonstrate anything, regardless if it's true in the real world.

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