Paul Graham argues that programming languages are designed for people and that human limits in handling detail are a reason high-level languages are useful.

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"Paul Graham argues that programming languages are designed for people and that human limits in handling detail are a reason high-level languages are useful."

Graham's official essay explicitly connects programming languages to human limits in handling detail and contrasts them with programming directly in machine language.

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Source title Design and Research

Source authors Paul Graham

Source year 2003

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