The competent programmer is fully aware of the limited size of his own skull. He therefore approaches his task in full humility and avoids clever tricks like the plague.
I think people vary in how much they can model in their head - but everyone has a limit. For me, the interesting question is how to work around that limitation.
I think people vary in how much they can model in their head - but everyone has a limit. For me, the interesting question is how to work around that limitation.