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Re:Is a trillion dollars’ worth of programming lying on the ... by skocznymroczny on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @12:54PM (#23405624)
We had a similar technology for a long time. You give the computer instructions and explanation in a language, as clear as detailed as possible and you get back machine code.

It's called a compiler.

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Re:Is a trillion dollars’ worth of programming lying on the ... by matz1 on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @06:10PM (#23409470)
>You give the computer instructions and explanation in a language, as clear as detailed as possible and you get back machine code

I specifically referring to English though, not computer language.

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