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I interpret the story as though the programmer thinks about the world (in this case, the thermos) as actors, acting explicitly on their inputs. This type of thi
by jakeinspace 8y ago
I interpret the story as though the programmer thinks about the world (in this case, the thermos) as actors, acting explicitly on their inputs. This type of thinking aligns with code full of conditional statements, such as checking the input liquid temperature rather than what the thermos does (just keeping the liquid at the same temperature).
- jmmcd 8y agoTo be more explicit, I see "how does it know?" as analogous to code like this: if (condition == True) return True else return False