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by charcircuit 355 days ago
By that logic any instructions is programming and everyone on earth are programmers.
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yjftsjthsd-h 355 days ago
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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2muchcoffeeman 355 days ago
Written knitting instructions would benefit from a bit of standardisation and a system for depicting unusual stitches.
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gbear605 355 days ago
I’m not sure that I’d say that it’s programming, but it is a pretty neat DSL
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taneq 355 days ago
To an extent, yes (to the first part). For instance, the list of events scheduled for a performance is called a program.
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y-curious 355 days ago
Sources say God is actually a software engineer
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danielrico 355 days ago
https://xkcd.com/224
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MangoToupe 355 days ago
Sure, why not?
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