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  1. Jan 2026
    1. Most programming languages also allow “comments,” which are pieces of code that the computer will ignore. These comments allow the person writing the code to leave a note to future people reading the code, knowing that the computer won’t read it (like an aside in a play).

      Especially with the collective knowledge that is made accessible through the Internet, the ability to efficiently add and remove comments seems important for the human aspect of programming languages. Particularly in cases when the code tries to incorporate even more complicated directions.

    1. Consequentialism:

      I believe that it is always helpful to recognise the existence of utilitarianism within the context of consequentialism via the specific qualities. (All utilitarians fall within consequentialism, but not all consequentialists are utilitarian.) As a specific theory within the broader theory of consequentialism, ultilitarians justify their actions on the scale of maximum utility, hereby attaching quantifiable values to pain and pleasures, while consequentialists recognise that there are different spectrums to base the morality of an action upon!