Miisha ♀️@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 2 months agoRunklemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square152fedilinkarrow-up11.56Karrow-down111file-text
arrow-up11.55Karrow-down1imageRunklemmy.blahaj.zoneMiisha ♀️@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square152fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoProbably got put into a popular example and then everyone uses it because “that’s how.”
minus-squareHobo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoHuh… You know what that makes more sense than anything else I’ve come up with. I always just assumed it was lazy devs.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoSomething something Unix Philosophy. Write small programs that do one thing and do it well and then re-use that well tested code as often as you can rather than poorly re-implementing it over and over?
Probably got put into a popular example and then everyone uses it because “that’s how.”
Huh… You know what that makes more sense than anything else I’ve come up with. I always just assumed it was lazy devs.
Something something Unix Philosophy. Write small programs that do one thing and do it well and then re-use that well tested code as often as you can rather than poorly re-implementing it over and over?