Some programs won't stop until you're old and gray. And these are really different efficiencies, and we want to give you a sense of how do you reason about those different kinds of programs.

头发花白之前是不会停的,这些是因为它们的效率不同,我们想要给你们理解,这些程序之所以,表现不同的原因。

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Second skill we want you to have at the end of this course is the ability to use a vocabulary of computational tools in order to be able to understand programs written by others.

我们想让你们在课程结束时,掌握的第二个技能,是有能力使用计算工具的语言,用来理解,别人编写的程序。

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That is what we say about computer-playing programs.

这就是我们对电脑程序的理解

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Because maybe the program worked on some inputs and not on others.

一次如果理解了程序为什么,能对a正常运行而对b却不能你就会。

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