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  • We learn theory not to understand the derivation of the details, but to understand how the theory fits in with everything else. Using a library without understanding the theory just means you know that sin(angle) is just a number, but not how the number helps you work out the length of steel beam as it changes due to changes in angle.

    They are simply not the same.

    Source: working with juniors that can’t do anything outside of what the libraries do for them.