For a long time it puzzled me how something so expensive, so leading e…

Bill Bryson
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For a long time it puzzled me how something so expensive, so leading edge, could be so useless. And then it occurred to me that a computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are, in short, a perfect match. ✨ Notes from a Big Country / I'm a Stranger Here Myself, Book by Bill Bryson, 1998.
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