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\\\"This trope is based on mathematical thinking that logic is bidirectional. If a mathematical proof states that X=Y, this means that not only do X and Y share the same value, but they retain that value from the proof\\\'s start to finish and cannot be changed. In computer programming the same statement can be interpreted two different ways, depending on the particular language and context involved: It could be an evaluation of whether or not X and Y are equal values at the time (and the computer simply returns \\\"true\\\" or \\\"false\\\" without paradox), or it could be a command to set X equal to the value of Y, without regard for whatever the value of X was beforehand.\\\"
I don\\\'t understand what this really has to do with the trope. Maybe that\\\'s because I am not the most computer-literate person. But still, is this trope \\\'\\\'really\\\'\\\' based on this fact about how computer programming works? I somehow doubt the writers for the original \\\'\\\'Star Trek\\\'\\\' series from the 60\\\'s spent a lot of time learning how to program before having Kirk talk all those computers to death...
I don\\\'t understand what this really has to do with the trope. Maybe that\\\'s because I am not the most computer-literate person. But still, is this trope \\\'\\\'really\\\'\\\' based on this fact about how computer programming works? I somehow doubt the writers for the original \\\'\\\'Star Trek\\\'\\\' series from the 60\\\'s spent a lot of time learning how to program before having Kirk talk all those computers to death...
