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what if i dont exist

im actually interested what the ─│┌┐└┘├┤┬┴┼ syntax is for people who dont exist

This could be some kind of seed for a turtle graphics automaton?

uhh

Say you wanted to write and run a ─│┌┐└┘├┤┬┴┼ program, but you can't do that because you exist. So you un-exist (how?) and then write the program and run it. But since you were able to write the ─│┌┐└┘├┤┬┴┼ program, that means you do exist, since you were able to synthesize something (the program) and manipulate something (the ─│┌┐└┘├┤┬┴┼ interpreter/compiler in this case) since logically, if you do not exist you cannot do anything, but you can't do that! ─│┌┐└┘├┤┬┴┼ requires that the programmer does not exist!

But wait a second, things that we consider as "non-existent" in the real world such as pigs flying still affect us! But, pigs flying does exist, but as an idea that has been repeated very often throughout history in spoken and written conversations and media! So how does ─│┌┐└┘├┤┬┴┼ even define the existence of a programmer? Basing off of my "when pigs fly" mention from earlier, does this mean that you can exist as an idea, which influences the ─│┌┐└┘├┤┬┴┼ implementation to run a program that you made somehow? Or does ─│┌┐└┘├┤┬┴┼ require that you do not exist at all, not even in anyone's thoughts? Maybe I should get some sleep... 【user:raiseafloppafan7741 | kausapin mo akopast life投稿】【▼(°ʌ°)▼】【Fight for what HTML deserves.】】 04:45, 3 September 2026 (UTC)

yeah reading this immediately after writing it makes me think I should go to sleep 【user:raiseafloppafan7741 | kausapin mo akopast life投稿】【▼(°ʌ°)▼】【Fight for what HTML deserves.】】 04:46, 3 September 2026 (UTC)

Coming back to this after a few hours, it depends on what ─│┌┐└┘├┤┬┴┼ considers as existing. An example to show what I meant earlier, you could say that Red from Angry Birds is not a real person as in he doesn't exist as a person in our world, but he still exists in our world as a fictional character. So the question is, would Red be able to write ─│┌┐└┘├┤┬┴┼ code or would the language reject it because even though he's not real in a way, he's still real in another way? 【user:raiseafloppafan7741 | kausapin mo akopast life投稿】【▼(°ʌ°)▼】【Fight for what HTML deserves.】】 08:21, 3 September 2026 (UTC)