programmer manual

基本解释

Sam: It's different from manual programming. After the programmer inputs simple instruction, the computer creates the program.
山姆：它跟手工编程不同。在程序员输入简单指令后，计算机自动生成程序。
This manual specification makes the code non-portable, and introduces additional work for the programmer in achieving the best possible result.
但是这样的手动制定使得代码不可移植，而为了获得可能是最好的结果，这样做同时也增加了程序员的工作量。
Designed more for business and casual users, the documentation normally takes the form of a "programmer's reference", which is more instructional in nature than a reference manual.
VB的文档通常采用“程序员参考”的形式，针对的对象偏向于商业用户和偶尔使用VB的人，其内容比一般的参考手册更偏重指导性。

Obviously this clumsy manual method would not often be used in practice, and the services of a computer programmer would generally be required to automate it.
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