Why aren’t computers programmed to understand that multiple clicks mean “prioritize this” instead of “open many iterations of this process”?

Question

Why aren’t computers programmed to understand that multiple clicks mean “prioritize this” instead of “open many iterations of this process”?

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Answer 1

Because multiple clicks don’t mean “prioritize this.” When you double-click something, you are launching the process. The computer has no way to know that you want something else, and there’s no real way to tell the computer that’s what you want, because it’s already prioritizing it; the process is already launching. It’s working as fast as it can, and it can’t do anything more.