Seems reasonable to believe the thing happening due to the instructions is on another level of “abstract artifact” corroborating the point despite semantic nuances.
> Seems reasonable to believe the thing happening due to the instructions is on another level of “abstract artifact”
Well, yes. Thing happening due to execution of instructions is typically[1] not those instructions.
> Or as another commenter said, the runtime execution?
Software is a list of instructions. Runtime execution is a process (of executing those instructions). What do you mean by your comment?
In other words, I think I was trying to say I simply disagree with, or don't understand the point of the article due to the massive nuances.
Also, yes, I love quines. And they're a great example of a nuance I'm conveying here.