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A comment on Ask HN: We do CS profs think programming is easy while SE profs say it is hard?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: We do CS profs think programming is easy while SE... by josephcsible on Monday May 09, 2022 @01:25PM (#31317010)
Compilers are small?
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Re:Ask HN: We do CS profs think programming is easy while SE... by nh23423fefe on Monday May 09, 2022 @02:01PM (#31317549)
Compilers aspire to be something like a total function. Define you inputs and outputs and you are "forced" into a correct implementation.

real software isn't like that. I interpret "small" to mean localized in idea space.

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Re:Ask HN: We do CS profs think programming is easy while SE... by toast0 on Monday May 09, 2022 @06:08PM (#31320462)
Depends on the compiler/language.
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