• tyler@programming.dev
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    22 hours ago

    that is the argument linus is making… he is comparing a deterministic tool (a compiler that outputs the same assembly every time) to a non-deterministic tool and saying that they are the same type of tool. that require the same level of review, when they do not.

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      22 hours ago

      he is comparing a deterministic tool with a non-deterministic tool

      Yes, but that’s not the argument Mikina was stating. Linus was never advocating for reading assembly line by line. Linus was using that as a satirical example, not suggesting anyone should actually do that.