> I don't think you could a text file program unless it actually runs. So you only have a program when it has no compilation errors? What were you doing up bef

> I don't think you could a text file program unless it actually runs. So you only have a program when it has no compilation errors? What were you doing up before then, besides the obvious typing? > Thus, not a programmer. If I write some code on paper, is it a program too? If I print a program on paper, does it cease to be a program. This is some philosophy of mind here.