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blowski on May 4, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: The seven programming ur-languages (2021)

Articulating your specification in precise language is the hard part. Learning syntax is easy.

davidw on May 4, 2023 [–]

I always like to think of Captain Kirk speaking SQL to the computer in Star Trek:

    COMPUTER, SELECT COURSE WHERE MINIMAL PROBABILITY OF KLINGON ENCOUNTER

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