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Code is "written it down or otherwise recorded it somewhere in the consensus reality" "thinking in code" means "render their ideas in code", like you render yo
by gowld 1y ago
Code is "written it down or otherwise recorded it somewhere in the consensus reality"
"thinking in code" means "render their ideas in code", like you render your ideas in English.
- ElevenLathe 1y agoI agree, writing code is writing. I added a parenthetical above that hopefully clears that up. I guess my overall point is that I can't confidently say I've even had an actual idea, until I prove it to myself by voicing it, or writing it in code or prose, or drawing a diagram, or whatever. Thinking is hard, but it feels good to have thunk, so the mind is incentivized to give itself the illusion of having done so, if it can.