If you have dreams, then you have a purpose.

如果你有梦想，你就有目标。

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You are stronger than any barrier standing in your way, because you have a purpose that cannot be denied.

只要胸怀不可抵挡的目标，那么你就比沿途的一切障碍都要强大。

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Perhaps you're a rather nihilistic person who doesn't believe you have a purpose and that life has no meaning.

或许你是虚无主义者，你认为人生根本没有什么目标，也没有任何意义。

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So you're implementing this black box, and if its purpose in life is to actually return a value, you have to tell the compiler what kind of value to expect, and this is going to have ripple effects.

你在实现这个黑盒子，如果它的目的是,返回一个值，你必须告诉编译器你期望的是什么类型的值，这个将是一个连锁反应。

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