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>"In parallel, these core courses on programming insist on presenting programming as a people discipline. Students find out that people write programs to inform
by xiaoma 11y ago
>"In parallel, these core courses on programming insist on presenting programming as a people discipline. Students find out that people write programs to inform other people of ideas. Working with compilers and interpreters also teaches them that these tools provide only shallow feedback. For true insight, they must turn to other people."
- current_call 11y agoThus, programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute https://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book-Z-H-7.html https://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book-Z-H-7.html