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Can one be too dumb for programming? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by stirner@lemmy.ml to c/programming@programming.dev

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I've always flunked at math; and knowing how intertwined programming is with math, I'm skeptical of my ability to learn how to code. Can someone be too dumb to learn programming? If it helps, I'm mostly interested in learning Common Lisp.

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Have you even heard of systemd? Of course you can't be too dumb for programming. Be lucky enough and you can build the cancer that will slowly grow and eat a hundred distros.

[–] alexdeathway@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

ELI5?

[–] Still@programming.dev 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

babyrage

systemd is an init system that is super popular because it is so not shit and does what people want, and has adjacent projects that interface with it nicely

some people want more variety but put their effort in an unproductive direction

[–] IONLYpost@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How does a great popular system has anything to do with "dumb"?

[–] ursakhiin 2 points 11 months ago

It's that unproductive direction content. It doesn't. Some people just want to hate things.