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  • squirrelwithnut@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1244·
    6 months ago

    I’ve seen this sentiment in a few places recently, and as a software engineer with 20 years of experience I can say with 100% certainty that this is a terrible (and dangerous) trend when it comes to programming.

    Undergrads should absolutely be learning how memory works, how to allocate it, when to free it, and what issues you can get into when you don’t do it properly. Sheltering them from such things will lead to a more ignorant generation of developers, which will lead to a lot of headaches down the road, for everyone.

    • anlumo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      80·
      6 months ago

      This is almost certainly not intentional. The AI just can’t differentiate between unsafe as in NSFW and unsafe as in manual memory management.

    • iegod@lemm.eeEnglish
      131·
      6 months ago

      Agreed. I’ve been seeing the trend myself and it’s a damn shame. Ignorance isn’t a reason to shelter others

    • stoly@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      6 months ago

      When I clicked the thread I thought this was a joke and am now experiencing a degree of horror.

    • Lizardking13@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      6 months ago

      The programming field is going through what math has been going through for ages. Many people don’t want to learn how things work because they can use a calculator or software to do basic maths. But then when it comes to actually understanding what’s going on, there becomes a big loss.

    • asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      36·
      6 months ago

      You can do all that with Rust. Maybe C/C++ is good to teach if the professor explains why they should almost never be used, but IMO it would probably be better to just educate them using a well designed language like Rust so that they have the experience for a career.

    • AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      103·
      6 months ago

      For those in the unknown, this comment is in reference to an article on The Daily WTF, which ThePrimeagen “reacted” to.

      rant

      As I have frequently found myself not knowing a quip/quote/reference from popular (or worse, obscure) media, I am doing my bit to add context to this rather plain comment disguised as an in-joke.

      For people who derive pleasure from posting such references, please annotate your reference with some context for others to take part in/appreciate the media you liked enough to remember and make a reference of.