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Re:Bugs in Hello World by l33t2328 on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @08:44AM (#30614303)
You shouldn’t have to read the code to understand what a program does, from an external POV at least.
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Re:Bugs in Hello World by usrbinbash on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @10:52AM (#30615783)
If the program comes with a specification then yes, ideally that should be the case.

If there isn't one however, then the code is all there is.

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