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Programming as Theory Building by Peter Naur

Future of Coding

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The Theory of Juggling Is Inexpressible

I could sit and write forever all of the things that I think I know, it wouldn't exhaust the theory. There would still be more left to say, but also that that wouldn't make you gain the theory. So for example, if I knew how to juggle, which I don't, I could write down all the facts about juggling and that doesn't now make you able to juggleIf you read all those facts. Right? And so the point of it being inexpressible. But I might be able to write about juggling. Yes. You may be able to recite all thefacts about juggling. You might be able To trick someone into thinking you know how to jugg

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