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Comp sci in 2017:
Student: I get the feeling the compiler is just ignoring all my comments.
Teaching assistant: You have failed to understand not just compilers but the concept of computation itself.
Comp sci in 2027:
Student: I get the feeling the compiler is just ignoring all my comments.
TA: That's weird. Have you tried adding a comment at the start of the file asking the compiler to pay closer attention to the comments?
Student: Yes.
TA: Have you tried repeating the comments? Just copy and paste them, so they say the same thing twice? Sometimes the compiler listens the second time.
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/gQyphPbaLHBMJoghD/comp-sci-in-2027-short-story-by-eliezer-yudkowsky
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