Matt WeagleFeb 4

There are two problems in computer science:

1. We could do this better
2. We should not do this at all

Show threadrk: it’s hyphen-minus actually

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“Every program could be made at least slightly shorter, and every program has at least one bug. By induction, we can assume that every program can be reduced to a single instruction that doesn’t work.”

Feb 5 at 8:10pmWeb
Show threadmothcomputeFeb 7
@rk @mweagle ive made a program or two with effectively zero instructions that didnt work...
Show threadrk: it’s hyphen-minus actuallyFeb 7

@mothcompute @mweagle

Mid 90’s commercial UNIX `true` often had zero instructions and *did* work.

Show threadjn (big endian energy)Feb 7
@rk @mothcompute @mweagle they removed every faulty instruction