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userbinator on Oct 8, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Quake related work logs (1996)

Some are like this, and others tend to have more of a "mess around and try things until it works" style. In fact I've noticed a lot more programmers in the latter category than the former.

asalahli on Oct 8, 2023 | [–]

Edsger Dijkstra calls it Mozart vs Beethoven style of programming in an interview.

https://youtu.be/-Uae9_pgZzE

tjpnz on Oct 8, 2023 | [–]

Can the former even exist today?

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