Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Peyton" Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Back To CS Basics. Fuck AI Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 23:16:46 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 54 Message-ID: <87ecdq41bl.fsf@solcaium.us> References: <18dee4b6cab427fa$865$2574533$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <87ik32455m.fsf@solcaium.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:16:53 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="3209406"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19RDj8DYPpgJ8UgMtAIaqcg"; posting-host="08e8601038b9247e9c13ff10b0e3f9aa" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:QRIfFz4hhIL+dMEa0ObbEwYhEa0= sha1:zcICSUrS3OnEb4vOjAfy1OMEFy8= sha256:XRHDVnn/a5lZYH3jw6mR9nlYYGeVXumPnSFLeI0laTE= sha1:QXCVxNaX9bL6aLkSySi/yB/QycU= sha256:iME07fgJmrYuGeFNguRZcjImesPXvCA+vXZFzYUXuuM= Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:93804 c186282 writes: > On 10/16/26 00:53, Peyton wrote: >> c186282 writes: >> >>> On 10/15/26 23:26, Leroy H wrote: >>>> It is amazing how knowledge of basic CS is absent in most >>>> programmers, both professional and amateur alike. While >>>> "vibe coding" is all the rage, a silent disaster is also >>>> creeping. >>> >>> 99+ percent of us got by just fine without >>> any "computer science" crapola. >>> >>> CS is all math/stats. Has almost nothing to >>> do with the real-world these days. Maybe in >>> the 1940s ....... >>> >>> Might, MAYBE, produce a useful idea, every, >>> very, once in awhile. >>> >> I one time worked with a colleague who did not understand why a C# >> binary executable was running significantly faster than a Python >> script. > > Worrisome. > > However do note that MOST of the Python functions > are writ in 'C'. > >> Not having basic CS fundamentals does have real implications in >> everyday software. > > Not so much. > When you don't know the basics you'll make some bone headed decisions that'll impact efficiency and/or correctness. Hopefully the AI tool being used will catch it. But from my experience it doesn't do it all the time and will even encourage bad practices. > Yer guy didn't need a CS degree - just someone > to TELL him the diff between compiled and > interpreted. That's all. > I agree. That is the very issue. I'd argue knowing the difference between compiled and interpreted is basic CS. --