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the increasing complexity of computer programs
i had a question about the julia programming language, and (naively) thought i would just take a look at the source code.
after looking at various files written in several different programming languages, i was even more confused.
i couldn't tell you if julia code runs through lli, llc, the femptolisp vm, a custom bytecode, some combination of these, or something else entirely.
with everything abstracted away so much, all documentation tells you about is how to use a tool, and nothing about how it works.
it's hard to express the difference between something like plan9 where you can easily find and change a single line of code to make the system do what you want, and something like this.
#julialang #progamming
after looking at various files written in several different programming languages, i was even more confused.
i couldn't tell you if julia code runs through lli, llc, the femptolisp vm, a custom bytecode, some combination of these, or something else entirely.
with everything abstracted away so much, all documentation tells you about is how to use a tool, and nothing about how it works.
it's hard to express the difference between something like plan9 where you can easily find and change a single line of code to make the system do what you want, and something like this.
#julialang #progamming
