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As you start working in Alice, you will get frustrated at times that it's not doing what you want it to do. Or that you have to give it such detailed instructions for it to do even a simple thing. That's the deal with computers.
- Computers are not smart
- Computers can only "understand" very simple instructions
- Computing people break down big problems into small ones using abstraction and have to pay great attention to detail
But you WANT this, really!
You want the program that controls tickets issued by red light cameras to be "exact". For a red light camera, you are not supposed to get a ticket unles
s you entered the intersection once the light turned red. If the software was imprecise and didn't get that time of the change from yellow to red just right -- then it might mistakenly issue you a ticket even if the light was yellow!
Other places where computers are picky and we like it:
Medical Equipment
Airplanes
ATMs
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