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mock-possum
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Programming Is Mostly Thinking (2014)
Wait… you have the diffs… why are you retyping the lost code by hand? What am I missing?
9dev
on April 21, 2024
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They specifically mentioned the diffs being physically printed, like, on paper. Also, it’s just a convoluted example to highlight the core idea.
qwery
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I think the diffs are evidence for the author's claim that the retyping
would be
a relatively easy job.
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