Comment by skydhash
1 hour ago
> memorizing insane code rules is being skilled in making software
That’s on the level of complaining about having to learn music theory to play the piano, or to learn grammar to write a report. Or having to learn the road rules to drive a car on the street.
Have you ever seen a police report? They are the people who write most reports of any profession, and usually they are full of grammar and spelling mistakes.
But I understand that the majority of hackers here think that spelling mistakes in a report means that somebody is bad at their job as a police officer. And I know that a good portion of hackers here think that a suspect should have all charges dismissed if a police officer has mixed tabs and spaces when typing his final report, or forgot a semicolon. Or used ' where he should have used ".