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submitted 10 months ago by httpjames@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I've always been curious as to what "normal" people think programming is like. The wildest theory I've heard is "typing ones and zeroes" (I'm a software engineer)

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[-] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 10 months ago

They've probably seen Assembly code and that looks quite like binary if you don't pay much attention.

[-] Chobbes@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I feel like if you don’t know any different assembly will look like any other programming language. Just a bunch of words on lines that you don’t understand.

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