Turing: it's impossible to tell whether an arbitrary abstract program will halt

everyone since: it's impossible to tell whether an arbitrary actual program will do god damn *anything* and how expensive it'll be to find out. get in the sandbox, proggie.

old: sandbox as in a safe place to play without making a mess out of the rest of the playground

bold: sandbox as in the thing cats use as a bathroom, because you don't want the program to piss on your couch

@vyr "gonna pop this program in the litter tray in case it poops itself"

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