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No. Do you agree with Linus at 2:50 when he says source code is extremely hard to read and understand?
Asked by Will (70.173.150.x) on January 13 2012, 7:07pm
Reply on January 13 2012, 7:32pm:
I don't think he's saying that -- I think he's saying that even a simple program is so complex that it is difficult for anybody to understand the FULL IMPLICATIONS of the code; obviously, you can often understand what the basic function of some code is, and how it is implemented, but the actual complexity of the system will exceed your understanding (your understanding will be correct most of the time, except when it's not). Proof of this point: pretty much all code has bugs. If you could read code and fully understand every aspect of it, you would spot all bugs and produce perfect code.
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