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by aristofun 329 days ago
The sole purpuse of a “set of instructions” is to serve end users, to fulfill some business function. Without it it is useless bunch of symbols.

The set contain bugs itself that are getting revealed over time. But more importantly end users and businesses function evolve and change and if people have no choice but to adapt to such a “hammer” - it’s a piece of crap, not a software.