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Maybe this is my mechanical engineering brain kicking in but isn't software more akin to machinery? I press the run button and gears turn and oil burns and a pi

Maybe this is my mechanical engineering brain kicking in but isn't software more akin to machinery? I press the run button and gears turn and oil burns and a piece of toast comes out.

nnx 6y ago
It's not physical, it's just an suite of ideas written in the form of a (programming) language, just like a book, so nothing to do with machinery. This is essentially the same argument against software patents.
- srtjstjsj 6y ago
  That's an argument about code not operating software.