Simonyi's work must reverse a struggle that has bedeviled computers since their inception just over half a century ago: the fact that even the sharpest programmers must spend much of their time acting like machines.

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If that means that Hollywood producers and video game programmers must give up a few bucks in profits for the chance that even one Sandy Hook experience looming in our future can be avoided, that price should willingly be paid.

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