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Programming as Theory Building
Peter Naur
1985
Peter Naur's classic 1985 essay "Programming as Theory Building" argues that a program is not its source code. A program is a shared mental construct (he uses the word theory) the lives in the mines of the people who work on it. [Note: following sentence is highlighted] If you lose the people, you lose the program [Note: End of highlight]. The code is merely a written representation of the program, and it's lossy, so you can't reconstruct a program from it's code.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5fdxl7eatvqo7jf5b7qk2daf/bafkreid26wfrkv5vcrpqp4zahn3345iebk64zkpjrs2cbbvbwe225bsaqq)
🏢 Senior Software Engineer II, World of Warcraft 💪 Proud WoWGG Union Member 📍Ann Arbor ➡️ SoCal ➡️ Chicago (current) 🇺🇸 🇩🇪 All views are my own. I periodically delete old posts. I sometimes delete brand new ones.