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262 points bschne | 8 comments | 03 Jul 25 20:28 UTC | HN request time: 0.862s | source | bottom
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jkhalaj ◴[03 Jul 25 22:29 UTC] No.44459680[source]▶
Knitting is programming. Read a knitting pattern and it's low level programming - knitters do not get enough credit.
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1. charcircuit ◴[04 Jul 25 00:55 UTC] No.44460327[source]▶
By that logic any instructions is programming and everyone on earth are programmers.
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2. y-curious ◴[04 Jul 25 02:41 UTC] No.44460715[source]▶
Sources say God is actually a software engineer
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3. gbear605 ◴[04 Jul 25 03:40 UTC] No.44460965[source]▶
I’m not sure that I’d say that it’s programming, but it is a pretty neat DSL
4. yjftsjthsd-h ◴[04 Jul 25 03:43 UTC] No.44460977[source]▶
Instructions to machines probably are. Instructions to humans aren't because humans interpret things themselves and exercise free will in execution.
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5. danielrico ◴[04 Jul 25 04:56 UTC] No.44461237[source]▶
https://xkcd.com/224
6. 2muchcoffeeman ◴[04 Jul 25 04:59 UTC] No.44461245[source]▶
Written knitting instructions would benefit from a bit of standardisation and a system for depicting unusual stitches.
7. taneq ◴[04 Jul 25 06:33 UTC] No.44461702[source]▶
To an extent, yes (to the first part). For instance, the list of events scheduled for a performance is called a program.
8. MangoToupe ◴[04 Jul 25 07:19 UTC] No.44461981[source]▶
Sure, why not?