To avoid some linking errors

[H. S. Teoh]

On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 07:05:33PM +0100, Faux Amis wrote:
> On 29/10/2012 18:38, Walter Bright wrote:
> >On 10/29/2012 2:49 AM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
[...]
> > > I agree with you, but again, that's not the world we live in. On
> > > the other hand, why does, say, an PHP (insert your favorite
> > > dynamic programming language that doesn't use a linker) programmer
> > > need to know what a linker is?
> >
> >Because it's a fundamental tool for programmers, despite PHP not
> >using it. It's like knowing what a CPU register is.
> Haha, I know a lot of professional programmers who do not know the
> difference between the stack and the heap but still are able to write
> useful code.

The kind of code the average "professional" programmer produces is ...
shall I say, underwhelming? It's the kind of thing that makes me
consider career switches. Raising the bar for programmer qualification
will do the world a lot of good.


T

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