> The death of a program happens when the programmer team possessing its theory is dissolved. A dead program may continue to be used for execution in a computer

> The death of a program happens when the programmer team possessing its theory is dissolved. A dead program may continue to be used for execution in a computer and to produce useful results. The actual state of death becomes visible when demands for modifications of the program cannot be intelligently answered. Revival of a program is the rebuilding of its theory by a new programmer team. I really like this definition of "life" and "death" of programs, quite elegant! I've noticed that I struggle the most when I'm not sure what the program is supposed to do; if I understand this, the details of how it does it become more tractable. The worry is that LLMs make it easier to just write and modify code without truly "reviving" the program... And even worse, they can create programs that are born dead.