Dose copy/paste make a person a good programmer?

Question

Dose copy/paste make a person a good programmer? I say each and every programmer likes to copy paste even a small bit of code..

Javeed M Shaikh · Answer

I say copy paste of a code is an art, it is a power that should be used responsibly. Of course you will not copy paste any code, when this thought came to your mind that means you already know what you want and then you go on a quest to find if this problem has already been solved by someone. I think it is a most effective use of reusability, if the problem has already been solved by someone else we can resuse the code. I also agree that the person should understand the flow and complexity of the code so any further changes can be done effectively. As I said earlier copy paste is an art and only good programmers do it and make it work in their projects :) open source projects are good example.

Ashutosh Chaturvedi · Answer

Yes every programmer like to do so but It's not helpful to be a good programmer before typing something it should be preprogramed in mind.

Nitesh Kejriwal · Answer

It depends on the intention of the person who is copying/pasting. If a person copies and pastes with the intention of just making things without understanding things, he is going to fail. But if he studies the code after copying/pasting and making the program well, he can learn new things.