"Part of the initial excitement in programming is easy to explain: just the fact that when you tell the computer to do something, it will do it. Unerringly. Forever. Without a complaint.

And that’s interesting in itself.

But blind obedience on its own, while initially fascinating, obviously does not make for a very likeable companion. What makes programming so engaging is that, while you can make the computer do what you want, you have to figure out how."[0]

- [0] https://www.brynmawr.edu/inside/academic-information/departm...

Yes, but you gotta learn what is possible.

I wouldn't have the thought to say to the machine to compact its context if I didn't know it has context and it can be compacted, right?