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[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 17 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I had an internship 15 years ago where I was forced to write C++ with no internet access. I had to use a programming manual and man pages.

[–] DasFaultier@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 weeks ago

Like an animal.

[–] CascadianGiraffe@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

25 years ago I was writing code in a paper notebook, sometimes while riding the bus. The only computer access was at college and it was easier to work through the code on paper and then quickly transcribe it once I got on campus.

Yeah, things are a bit more complicated now, but in other ways they are sooooo much easier. The fact that people are using chatGPT to 'program' is just crazy from my perspective.

[–] Awkwardparticle@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago

I had CS exams that were coding only that i had to do on paper. For multiple classes. There is no debugging on paper.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

I just read the headers

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I'd just write C and get annoyed by the #includes having different names.