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Re:Why can't I write code inside my browser? by sidpatil on Friday January 15, 2021 @09:27AM (#25791276)
"When someone says 'I want a programming language in which I need only say what I wish done,' give him a lollipop."

Epigram 93, Alan Perlis

http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/perlis-alan/quotes.html

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Re:Why can't I write code inside my browser? by yesenadam on Friday January 15, 2021 @10:19AM (#25791905)
> a programming language in which I need only say what I wish done

I like Prolog because it is that language. Other languages you have to write a program telling the machine what to do every step of the way. (Except if the program uses neural nets.)

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Re:Why can't I write code inside my browser? by dboreham on Friday January 15, 2021 @11:21AM (#25792544)
Lollipop on its way...
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