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What came first, the programmer or the code? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] CodexArcanum@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All code already exists in Plato's world of perfect abstractions. Programmers merely view this ideal world darkly and scribble what imperfect algorithms they can vaguely remember.

[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 4 points 1 year ago

Stackoverflow is platonism for the masses, a means by which to copy perfect code from "programmers."

The "other programmers" are dead. There is no perfect algorithm. And so we must become programmers unto ourselves...