Oh no, does this include all hypothetical alternate interpretations of the same code? So, you just look at the screen and go “yep, it definitely could mean something”?
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NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Does this include all future invented programming languages?
CanadaPlus@futurology.today 11 months ago
silasmariner@programming.dev 11 months ago
No, the flip side of this wish is your knowledge is frozen in time to when you make the wish and can never be updated. You gradually become more and more outdated as you fail to grasp even the simplest of changes to all languages in current usage.
chaogomu@kbin.social 11 months ago
So I forever work on legacy systems.
Not ideal, but there's quite a bit of job security in it.
Bonehead@kbin.social 11 months ago
The upside to this is that you can still make good money as a legacy programmer. Just look at COBOL job listings.
funkajunk@lemm.ee 11 months ago
The ol’ monkey’s paw
NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Well damn, that’s kind of evil.
MaggiWuerze@feddit.de 11 months ago
At that point your fame as a Rockstar Dev (I hate myself for typing that) will allow you to transition to a cushy ceo position.