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by cdaringe 634 days ago
Absolutely false! It’s a common perspective, but certainly not the only lens to look at it from.

Computer programs are hoards electric voltages changing to discrete levels at fixed intervals to create interesting and coordinated effects on surrounding devices.

Computer programs are 0-N statements of expressions to evaluate.

Theres 2 perspectives completely devoid of “if.”

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I appreciate all perspectives, just remember to not #hate on ones without reason (especially when they correspond closely to what happens on the physical CPU and are both timeless, simple and powerful, like if-else)