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l33t2328 on March 9, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bugs in Hello World

You shouldn’t have to read the code to understand what a program does, from an external POV at least.

usrbinbash on March 9, 2022 [–]

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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