On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 07:05:33PM +0100, Faux Amis wrote: > On 29/10/2012 18:38, Walter Bright wrote: > >On 10/29/2012 2:49 AM, Jacob Carlborg wrote: [...] > > > I agree with you, but again, that's not the world we live in. On > > > the other hand, why does, say, an PHP (insert your favorite > > > dynamic programming language that doesn't use a linker) programmer > > > need to know what a linker is? > > > >Because it's a fundamental tool for programmers, despite PHP not > >using it. It's like knowing what a CPU register is. > Haha, I know a lot of professional programmers who do not know the > difference between the stack and the heap but still are able to write > useful code.
The kind of code the average "professional" programmer produces is ... shall I say, underwhelming? It's the kind of thing that makes me consider career switches. Raising the bar for programmer qualification will do the world a lot of good. T -- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.