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(1) A statement in a programming language.

(2) A machine instruction.
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Therefore the end of instruction should be happiness; and happiness is another name for pleasure;-therefore the end of instruction should be pleasure: yet we see the above-mentioned opinion implies precisely the reverse.
Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
"I came in for my own pleasure and instruction," she said, "and was so struck by the wisdom of the speakers that I could not help making a few notes.
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
Villemain, Minister of Public Instruction to King Louis Philippe, had been entrusted with a commission to search for ancient MSS.
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