The reason we say programming remains an art, not a science or an engineering discipline, is because we haven't as yet been able to break it down into component steps and mechanize it.

之所以说编程仍是一门艺术而不是一门科学或工程学科，是因为我们还不能将其分解成多个组成步骤，而后机械地进行。

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The current state of the art for chip manufacturing is 30 nanometers, which means the average size of a chip component is just 30 billionths of a meter across.

目前最先进的芯片制造工艺为30纳米，这意味着芯片元件的平均尺寸为300亿分之一米。

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Though a photographer does not have to mix the paints in order to imitate colors and shades of the real world, the component of skills in the art of photography is significant.

虽然摄影师不必混合颜料来描摹真实世界的色彩与色度，但摄影艺术的技艺部分仍然关键。

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