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   Stefan Ram to Stefan Ram   
   Re: The Dream of Coding Without Coders   
   20 Nov 25 09:58:16   
   
   From: ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de   
      
   ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote or quoted:   
   >Jason H  wrote or quoted:   
   >>Writing prompts for a chatbot is specification. That probably explains why   
   >>opinions on using AIs as programming aids vary so much.   
   >Yes, "specification" is correct.   
      
     Actually, a sub-specification is already sufficient.   
      
   |  Request:   
   |   
   |Write a Python program to print 1, 3, 5, etc.   
   |   
   |  Reply:   
   |   
   |for num in range(1, 20, 2):   
   |    print(num)   
      
     Another difference to a specification is interactivity.   
      
   |  Request:   
   |   
   |No, don't stop at 20!   
   |   
   |  Reply:   
   |   
   |num = 1   
   |while True:   
   |    print(num)   
   |    num += 2   
      
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