In other words, only if we really are sure that the historicist act of reading is effective and works, if I know the meaning of a text. Well, fine.

换言之，要是我们确定,阅读这个历史主义行为是有效的，有用的，如果我知道文本的意思，那么，很好。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

It turns out that in a lot of languages, C included, you the programmer knowing a bit about how the computer works and the language works, can exercise more fine-grained control.

结果在包括C语言的很多语言当中，你作为一个程序员懂得了一些计算机的工作方式,和语言的处理方式，可以更精确地控制运用它。

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