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Mirk writes: "In a recent interview, Don Knuth wrote: "the way a lot of programming goes today isn't any fun because it's just plugging in magic incantations — combine somebody else's software and start it up." The Reinvigorated Programmer laments how much of our "programming" time is spent pasting not-quite-compatible libraries together and patching around the edges."
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Whatever happened to programming?

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I've never been canoeing before, but I imagine there must be just a few simple heuristics you have to remember... Yes, don't fall out, and don't hit rocks.

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