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Re:An API is a user interface by aryehof on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @03:58AM (#25207236)
> When you use an interface, you are a user.

It’s an interesting perspective. I guess by extension, that the use of a programming language, makes the programmer a user of the resultant program, and the language a “user interface”?

Re:An API is a user interface by int0x80 on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @05:45AM (#25207843)
Yes, a programming language being a user interface is a common analogy.