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by QuadmasterXLII 139 days ago
Imagine if high level coding worked like: write a first draft, and get assembly. All subsequent high level code is written in a repl and expresses changes to the assembly, or queries the state of the assembly, and is then discarded. only the assembly is checked into version control.
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Or the opposite, all applications are just text files with prompts in them and the assembly lives as ravioli in many temp files. It only builds the code that is used. You can extend the prompt while using the application.