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Re:Show HN: PeriodicTableOfElements.org by whackernews on Sunday March 29, 2026 @03:27AM (#47561081)
You had to change the end because following it through actually made total sense. You kinda pulled a trick, no doubt to convince yourself if I’m being fair to you.
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Re:Show HN: PeriodicTableOfElements.org by aeternum on Sunday March 29, 2026 @02:46PM (#47565923)
It actually would have been better if I kept the end. You don't write your code, a compiler does.

You simply described what you wanted in more abstract far less specific language.

Before we were at least 2 compilation/translation steps removed from machine code, now we are 3.

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Re:Show HN: PeriodicTableOfElements.org by Timwi on Thursday April 02, 2026 @02:52AM (#47610838)
I'm not sure I agree with “far less specific language”. I became interested in programming precisely because it's far more specific than human language, and yet this didn't lead to me preferring assembly code over high-level abstractions.
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