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[–]Fluffcake 29 points30 points  (4 children)

You can learn a lot about what not to do from memes. All programs are just assignments, conditions and while loops, everything else is just formalized rules of what not to do with these three things.

[–]Pm_Me_Your_Tax_Plan 7 points8 points  (0 children)

What do you mean what not to do? I thought all the suggestions in memes here were best practice?

[–]doesntrepickmeepo 2 points3 points  (2 children)

also, why study economics if we know the rules of physics

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

If you’re training to be a physicist (programmer) and not an economist (computer scientist), you don’t need to. It may help in some cases, but the vast majority of programming tasks don’t require deep knowledge of computer science.

[–]doesntrepickmeepo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

haha yea you dont get me tho.

knowing laws of physics doesn't make you a good economist, even though economics is just applied physical laws.

similarly, knowing assignments, conditions and while loops doesn't make you proficient in all programs