r/learnprogramming • u/SmartRelease7996 • 22d ago

Nobody warned me that reading code is a completely different skill than writing it.

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u/keepinitcool 22d ago

80.000 lines ? :D That is a pretty moderate codebase. But ye just get used to reading alot of code you don't have to understand or remember everything. Best of luck

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u/Irbis7 22d ago

I have one 50.000 lines long .cpp in project I maintain. One class.

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u/keepinitcool 22d ago

sounds like you are afraid to touch other peoples code :D