Bill: |
Our original programming? What the heck is the author talking about? |
Nadya: |
Yes. Our "original programming" was probably a microbe in some primordial sea.
I think the author is romanticizing about lost innocence and imagining some fictitious utopia that never existed. |
Liao: |
(nodding his head) That's a common literary device. |
Gus: |
Yes, and even some computer programmers dream of a 'Holy Grail' in which code coherence is perfect.
They long for an optimal state where art and science merge. At times I wonder whether such a state is possible. |