Comparing declarative prose in past tense and instructions doesn't work. "Rush to the exit doors, then leap down the stairs, then finally run to get the train."

Comparing declarative prose in past tense and instructions doesn't work. "Rush to the exit doors, then leap down the stairs, then finally run to get the train." Humans need first/then/finally or else we might execute instructions concurrently ("Boil water. Dice an onion.") Although, these words are unnecessary if a the beginning a human is told, "follow these instructions in order," as a compiler is told to read files. "Finally" is the signal to stop executing after the last statement, compilers use EOF, close tags etc to achieve the same thing. So, the analogy is quite precise if imperative sentences and code are compared and the whole prose text is compared to the code plus the compiler.