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Old programming article sparks debate on AI's role in coding

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A user on Mastodon shared a historical artifact from the era of punch cards and Fortran programming, drawing a parallel between past programming practices and the current discourse surrounding AI in programming. The user linked to an article titled "Real Programmers" and commented on how it reminded them of the ongoing debate about AI's role in software development. AI

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Old programming article sparks debate on AI's role in coding

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    Recently i dug up a nice historical artefact from the time when "real programmers" used punchcards and Fortran: https://www.ee.torontomu.ca/~elf/hack/realmen.ht

    Recently i dug up a nice historical artefact from the time when "real programmers" used punchcards and Fortran: https://www.ee.torontomu.ca/~elf/hack/realmen.html Somehow this reminds me a bit about todays war against # AI in # programming

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