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Why can't computers program themselves?

8 pointsby ggonwebover 10 years ago

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jackweirdyover 10 years ago
&quot;Hence, computing science is —and will always be— concerned with the interplay between mechanized and human symbol manipulation, usually referred to as &quot;computing&quot; and &quot;programming&quot; respectively. An immediate benefit of this insight is that it reveals &quot;automatic programming&quot; as a contradiction in terms.&quot;<p>- Dijkstra <a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcriptions/EWD10xx/EWD1036.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cs.utexas.edu&#x2F;~EWD&#x2F;transcriptions&#x2F;EWD10xx&#x2F;EWD1036...</a>