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Is computer programming different from other arts ?

It is different. For example if you write an anti-missile system, you thereafter keep your fingers crossed (that no-one has come in and doctored the system)?

Computer programming is all math. Anti-missile systems are hardware programmed, meaning it was programmed in a low level language, and if someone is stupid enough to tamper with such a piece of software, they aren’t smart enough to do anything with it.

The restriction of the flow of information in inherently wrong, and making something tamper-proof is not a good idea. It is akin to banning books.

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