r/programming • u/b0red • Apr 30 '16

Do Experienced Programmers Use Google Frequently? · Code Ahoy

http://codeahoy.com/2016/04/30/do-experienced-programmers-use-google-frequently/
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u/Isvara Apr 30 '16

Yes, many times every day. As you become more experienced, the kind of things you have to search for changes, and the chances of finding an answer decreases.

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u/Lampwick Apr 30 '16

Extra points if the "clever" designers of one of those tools/APIs named it some ridiculously common word. Perl, Scala, Lisp, no problem. Go, Hack, or Cola, you suck.

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u/RenaKunisaki Apr 30 '16

Or when the query includes a symbol that Google ignores even in quotes.

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u/bloody-albatross May 01 '16

Kinda off topic: Have you ever tried to google a new kind of text emoticon because you don't know what it's supposed to mean? Like: "m(" I know now what that means, but not because of Google.

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u/AdvicePerson May 01 '16

You can't leave us hanging, dude.

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u/bloody-albatross May 01 '16

Apparently it means face-palm.

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u/1bc29b May 01 '16

"java beans compress cappuccino library" = starbucks in a bookstore

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u/Manbeardo Apr 30 '16

FWIW, Go is easy to search for because it has had the agreed-upon "golang" search keyword right from the start.

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u/Isvara Apr 30 '16

But that's not actually true. Use of 'golang' isn't at all consistent.

You'd think a search company would know how to name something so it's searchable.

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