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What are the craziest misconceptions you’ve heard about programming from people not familiar with it? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 8 months ago by gianni@lemmy.ml to c/programming@programming.dev
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As someone who spends time programming, I of course find myself in conversations with people who aren't as familiar with it. It doesn't happen all the time, but these discussions can lead to people coming up with some pretty wild misconceptions about what programming is and what programmers do.

  • I'm sure many of you have had similar experiences. So, I thought it would be interesting to ask.
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[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

SELECT food FROM menu WHERE name LIKE 'Fried %';

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Lemme cat menu | grep Fried real quick

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 8 points 8 months ago

You don't want to order from the cat menu.

[–] GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

grep -i fried < menu

[–] unhinge@programming.dev 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

grep -i fried menu

[–] GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago

Of course! It's amazing how this stuff just flows from the keyboard when you're typing in a shell window, but feels awkward when typing in a Lemmy comment.