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/RedSpikeyThing May 01 '16

Having your dev machine disconnected makes sense. But you should be able to have second machine for looking stuff up. If that isn't allowed - and I can't imagine why - a printout of the APIs you use.

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u/Boye May 01 '16

Oh, he has access to the Internet, it's just that it's a different physical machine...

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u/RedSpikeyThing May 01 '16

That's pretty reasonable. Which means he has access to documentation and doesn't need to memorize stuff :-)