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Re:To the brain, reading computer code is not the same as re... by kitd on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @02:20AM (#25439945)
I would say, however, that designing software uses similar mental processes to translating text from one language to another.

You take ideas in one form and express them in terms idiomatic to the other.

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Re:To the brain, reading computer code is not the same as re... by ahartmetz on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @08:23PM (#25451171)
But for two completely different audiences: One extremely precise and extremely stupid, the other is a computer. Just kidding! The other is a creature like you and me.
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