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LelouBiltoday at 5:11 PM3 repliesview on HN

> A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.

Great definition actually


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dundarioustoday at 5:36 PM

Relevance is relative, very much so.

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hbcdbfftoday at 5:42 PM

Disagree - like many of the quotes on this page, it seems interesting at a very superficial level but upon further inspection turns out to be nonsensical.

If something requires attention, it’s by definition relevant

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