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Some will understand what I say, some do not.
I speak the exact words you want.
Some words I speak however, you would like not.
For you to understand me, you shall study a lot.

I carry out your orders, exactly what you say,
I may make mistakes, but it is not my fault.
You will understand me maybe after an hour,
maybe after a month!

You will be mistaken, when you hear my name
I don't gather things from here and there.
No, that is so lame.
I do serious business,
Carrying out orders and translating is my game.

Can you guess who I am?

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    $\begingroup$ A compiler????? $\endgroup$
    – Daedric
    Commented Jan 23, 2016 at 17:57
  • $\begingroup$ @Daedric I didn't expect it that quick :) $\endgroup$
    – padawan
    Commented Jan 23, 2016 at 18:09
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    $\begingroup$ @Daedric try and work it out and post an answer $\endgroup$
    – Beastly Gerbil
    Commented Jan 23, 2016 at 18:15

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My guess:

A compiler

I speak the exact words you want

Only does what you program it to do.

I may make mistakes, but its not my fault

Code maybe wrong, therefore its not really wrong the programmer is.

You would not like what I say / would need to study a lot.

Binary / Machine code maybe require studying to learn / people might not like the complexity of either?

When you hear my name you maybe confused, I dont gather.

Could mean to gather, might cause confusion to those without programming knowledge.

Etc.

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