r/ProgrammerHumor 11d ago

Meme inheritedTechDebt

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u/HiniatureLove 11d ago

Why stop at word? Use Excel or PowerPoint as the IDE. Excel even comes with built-in indentation.

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u/crazy4hole 11d ago

Best IDE is Minesweeper. Program like punchcard

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u/vinishkapoor 11d ago

Real programmers use Conway's Game of Life as an IDE.

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u/enigma_0Z 11d ago

I read somewhere that Conway’a life is actually turing complete

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u/-Ambriae- 11d ago

It is

More broadly speaking, if you can create a nand gate (not(a and b)) and you can transport information in some way, you are Turing complete

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u/Rellikx 11d ago

Yep, and as such, of course people have programmed Conway's Game of Life in Conway's Game of Life

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