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Magic (programming.dev)

submitted 1 week ago by CodiUnicorn@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] copacetic@discuss.tchncs.de 57 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Programming is the closest thing to magic we have. Incant the right words and you can do nearly anything.

It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works. -Terry Pratchett

[–] Malgas@beehaw.org 19 points 1 week ago

++????++ Out of Cheese Error. Redo From Start.

-Terry Pratchett

[–] heartSagan5@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

“Anything sufficiently advanced technology can be mistaken as magic.” -Isaac Asimov (paraphrased, not precise quote)

[–] mcv@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago

Of course that also means that any technology that's distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.

[–] Malgas@beehaw.org 5 points 1 week ago

Isaac Asimov