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		AnimalMuppet on Nov 4, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Three Months of Go from a Haskeller’s perspective ... We're bad, not in comparison with each other, but in comparison to the external standard of "good enough that we don't need a crutch". In fact, if you want to be a better (less bad) programmer, learn to use the available crutches more effectively.

eru on Nov 5, 2020 [–]

Well, it's a bit like saying that computers of the electronic kind are a crutch for bad computers of the human kind.

Or that planes are a crutch for bad travelers who can't fly under their own power.

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