Every Program Has (at Least) Two Purposes: The One For Which It Was Written And Another For Which It Wasn't.

Every Program Has (at Least) Two Purposes: The One For Which It Was Written And Another For Which It Wasn't.

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Every program has (at least) two purposes:
the one for which it was written and another for which it wasn't.

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Every interesting program has at least one variable, one branch, and one loop.
.. and at least one bug!...