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Re:GitHub Code Search – Programmers' Goldmine by JustSomeNobody on Sunday August 28, 2016 @12:09PM (#12377053)
Order of magnitude? How could anyone possibly know this if it doesn't exist?

It could just as easily turn out to be no better than CASE or rational or any other junk that's come before.

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Re:GitHub Code Search – Programmers' Goldmine by hclgckxjtxjfxur on Sunday August 28, 2016 @01:08PM (#12377316)
Well, theoretically, it would make it possible to abstract away writing traditional fine-grained code, just like our languages today abstracted away assembly, which in turn asbtracted away flipping mechanical switches.
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