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From: Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com>
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Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 11:53:00 +0200
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On 23.07.2024 19:15, Kenny McCormack wrote:
> In article <v7omtd$19ng6$1@dont-email.me>,
> Janis Papanagnou  <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> wrote:
> ...
>> Indeed. It reminds me the philosphy that I often noticed in MS (and
>> nowadays also in Linux software, sadly) contexts; they seem to think
>> their auto-changes are better than the intention of the programmer.
> 
> The overall plan is to turn programming into a minimum wage job.  That's
> why they are starting to call it "coding" and make it sound like something
> anybody can do.

And sometimes it doesn't even appear as coding; during a small episode
in Java I could observe they are just clicking together pieces of code
from drop-down menus using Eclipse.

> 
> So, they have to take as much as possible of the choice/initiative out of it.
> Make it the modern equivalent of a factory job.

Interesting comparison. But, yes.

Janis