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I know a few of them. They're robots. For example https://www.call-cc.org/

Transformation according to logical invariants is basically the goal of compilation. Eschewing compilation creates a treadmill whereby a programmer thinks they're getting a lot done because they're mechanistically spitting out a large volume of code, but really they're acting as an imperfect compiler.

See also the large crowd of people writing JVM assembly (aka "Java"), as opposed to using higher level languages like Clojure or Scala. Yes JVM is leaps and bounds ahead of C, just like C is leaps and bounds ahead of machine assembler. But unless you're often writing things that existing compilers cannot, then personally standing in for a compiler is mostly just a way of introducing bugs.



Very well put! Thank you, I am stealing some of your quotes. :)




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