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.
  • kaffiene@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Funny you should say that as I was thinking that the idea that math has anything to do with programming is the biggest misconprehension I encounter.

    • datelmd5sum@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Hey we did all sort of crazy shit with linear algebra, vectors matrices and shit in college programmlng. Now I sometimes do some basic arithmetic in work life. E.g:

      n = n + 1