“…In an earlier column, I wrote about code's dual nature as a machine and as a thought. 2 It's possible to write code that works perfectly well as a machine, yet it is an imperfect carrier of our thoughts. One way to do that would be to replace all of the variable names with meaningless identifiers, like x and y.…”
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“…In an earlier column, I wrote about code's dual nature as a machine and as a thought. 2 It's possible to write code that works perfectly well as a machine, yet it is an imperfect carrier of our thoughts. One way to do that would be to replace all of the variable names with meaningless identifiers, like x and y.…”
Section: Code As a Machine And As A Thoughtmentioning
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