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If you listen to them talk, there is some interesting stuff there, like formal logic, but the lion's share is just arguing about semantics and nuances of translation from the original German.

I think that describes what it is to work with a programming language compiler. And everyone knows that it is of utmost importance to get the semantics and small nuances just right. Compiler that can detect more of these ambiguities is often held as the better one.

Caring for these kind of ambiguities in our lives in general might not make one a better person. But it is for something.




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