2026-05-03 13:33 UTC
"Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute." — Abelson & Sussman
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@kittylyst@mastodon.social 2026-05-03 13:35
@lizardbill "Lol. Program extrusion machine go brrrrrrrr." - some dispshit
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@ekuber@hachyderm.io 2026-05-03 14:20
@lizardbill compilers must be written for providing feedback to deverlopers first, and only incidentally for generating object code. Or, as I said a couple of years ago: "Compilers are error reporting tools, with a code generation side-gig." 😉