Generally, a computer system is comprised of different "sub" systems so a programmer needs to have some design or top-down thinking skills to see the program from the larger picture.

总的来说，一个计算机系统是由不同的“子系统”组成的，因此程序员需要掌握一些设计技巧或者自上而下的思维方法，这样才能从整体上把握全局。

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But long story short, if I want to use a function called sleep, — the reason I, the programmer, knew to use that library — — that header at the top — because it told me to in this little synopsis.

但长话短说，如果我想要用一个叫做sleep的功能，我作为程序员知道使用那个函数库-，上面的标题-，因为在这个小的大纲中它告诉我。

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But long story short, if I want to use a function called sleep, -- the reason I, the programmer, knew to use that library -- -- that header at the top -- because it told me to in this little synopsis.

但长话短说，如果我想要用一个叫做sleep的功能，我作为程序员知道使用那个函数库-,上面的标题-,因为在这个小的大纲中它告诉我。

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At a news tour for television reporters in January, Kevin Reilly, who is now at Fox but was a top programmer at NBC when the show was still up for grabs, talked about the one that got away.

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