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[โ€“] force@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago (1 children)

In this context it's heavily implied "built" is used as "engineered/designed", in the same way I "build" a shitty engine for an app

[โ€“] udon@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Exactly my point. In the second case the two lines are also not the product, but it's heavily implied that the dam, bridge is something useful, while the python code is useless. There are many examples where the opposite is the case