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Not seeing where you're arguing that the entire-point of computers is to do tedious calculations. That the first computers were used that way, I don't doubt. B
by sago 12y ago
Not seeing where you're arguing that the entire-point of computers is to do tedious calculations.
That the first computers were used that way, I don't doubt. But not the same thing, I'd say. The first cars were horseless carriages.
- moron4hire 12y agodon't be pedantic
- sago 12y agoI wasn't trying to be. I wasn't saying "yeah, but 'entire point' strictly means... fnar fnar". I was responding to a point above that seemed to imply that code like this can't be considered great (or at least, no greater than a Rails website), because its not what computers are for. They are for calculating things humans can't. I disagree with that. And not on a pedantic, language level. It is a genuine confusion, i think, between why something was made and what it can do. Though on re-reading, I may have misinterpreted the OP.
- moron4hire 12y agoSorry, I was really just calling out the "real programmers fart assembly in their sleep" sort of stuff. The chess game is certainly an accomplishment, but there are other ways to be accomplished at programming.