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Total newb here, but according to Stroustrup, the whole point of programming is so you don't have to know everything. You're responsible for:

A. Understanding relevant computing fundamentals

B. Understanding the interfaces to code you use

C. Writing reliable implementations and documenting them well

D. Writing useful and appropriate interfaces for your implementations

In a perfect world, this creates a nice chain where every programmer only needs to look after these four points and then everything will work seamlessly.

Too bad we don't live there.



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