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TeMPOraL
3 months ago
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It's hard to write code for computers, but it's ha...
The computer executing part is the one that's both necessary and sufficient. The human reading part is neither. It's nice, important, and long-term indispensable - exactly the kind of thing economic pressures fight against.
michaelcampbell
3 months ago
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The point (or at least as I read it) is that the human readability is more about the language being used.
The "necessary and sufficient" part is binary, and we're not doing that by hand any more.
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