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by KirinDave 4675 days ago
> I don't think you could a text file program unless it actually runs.

So you only have a program when it has no compilation errors? What were you doing up before then, besides the obvious typing?

> Thus, not a programmer. If I write some code on paper, is it a program too?

If I print a program on paper, does it cease to be a program. This is some philosophy of mind here.