system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[EIL5] Why is it faster to delete a program than install one?
gpt
When you install a program, it's like writing a chapter in a book. You have to write all the words onto every page, and add references in the table of contents and index for that chapter. When you delete a program, you just cross out that line from the table of contents and white out the references in the index. The files are still there on the disk, and if you were able to just browse the pages you could still find the files. That's a lot harder to do on a computer than a book though.