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jeremyjhtoday at 2:40 PM1 replyview on HN

Agreed, but a lot of code doesn't need to be understood. Knowing which is which is the art right now.


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ripetoday at 3:53 PM

> a lot of code doesn't need to be understood

Really? I am having difficulty thinking of any examples of code that doesn't need to be understood. If it isn't understood by someone, then how is it even working?

If you mean like a library you are using, where you aren't even reading the internals or might not even have access to it, OK, but that code is stull understood by its authors, surely?