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l0new0lf-G ◴[] No.43568174[source]
Finally someone put it this way! Natural language has embedded limitations that stem from our own mental limitations -the human mind thinks sometimes too abstract or too specific things, and misses important details or generalizations.

As a programmer, I know first hand that the problems or even absurdities of some assignments only become apparent after one has begun implement the code as code, i.e. as strict symbolisms.

Not to mention that it often takes more time to explain something accurately in natural language than it takes to just write the algorithm as code.

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roccomathijn ◴[] No.43569734[source]
The man has been dead for 23 years
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1. pyrale ◴[] No.43582590[source]
I wonder how long we have to wait before we can pitch a machine that presses fruit juice packs into a glass to gullible VCs again.