“You are not expected to understand this.” Those seven words, which appeared in the source code of Unix’s sixth edition in 1975, have since been reproduced by computer geeks on T-shirts, mugs, jumpers and, with the inevitability of an unloved season, tote bags. The phrase’s cultural afterlife, and the reasons it has become a rallying cry for programmers everywhere, inspire the titular essay in a new collection on the most important lines of computer code in human history, and how the assumptions and choices taken by programmers shape our world today.
“不指望你看懂这个。”这句话出现在1975年Unix第六版的源代码中，后来被计算机极客们印在T恤、马克杯、套头衫上，随着某个不受欢迎季节的必然到来，还出现在托特包上。这句话在文化上的重生，以及它成为各地程序员战斗口号的原因，启发了一本新文集的标题文章，该文集的内容是关于人类历史上最重要的计算机代码，以及程序员所做的假设和选择如何塑造了我们今天的世界。
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