> ...the expectation from the computer is that it will execute the instructions exactly as specified without trying to simulate intelligence. It is not expected

> ...the expectation from the computer is that it will execute the instructions exactly as specified without trying to simulate intelligence. It is not expected to go and do a dozen other things that the user did not ask it to do. Oh, man. Whenever I 'strace' an interactive CLI as it goes about the work I've instructed it to do, I'm always blown away by all the things that it does that I didn't ask it to do. So, looks like you share my opinion that entering a program in a Ruby CLI, Python CLI, Claude CLI, or Codex CLI is not "specifying the instructions in advance". The abstract machine under each CLI is quite different, but they're all interfaces for users to submit programs to the underlying machine.