Re:Code is not a form of expression! (Score 1)

No matter how you try and put it, a piece of code does not share any similatities to a poem, and a programmer does not share any similarities to a poet. Coding is just a process, not a work of art.

Oh SO wrong. Coding is the ultimate art form. The art of beathing life into a product. A product that will live or die based on how well it fits a need. Look at the entire open source concept. If you have captured the user needs properly and coded it properly you have entity that will live on for a long time.

The fact that I look at coding as a creative outlet has come up in every interview that I have ever had.

Computing is not an art, it is a science governed by mathematical laws and logical premises. There is no creativity involved, merely a process of logical deduction and algorithmic optimization. Programmers aren't artists - they're much more like engineers. Anyone who goes on about how coding is a "creative exercise" is lacking something in their life and probably needs to get out some more - go to an art gallery and see something that is expressive

Again I say "bagh". Tell me that the Eifel tower or the Space Needle are not beautiful, tell me that a suspension bridge is not beautiful. Tell me that the sheer magesty of the Sears tower is not beautiful, then tell me how the Parthenon is not beautiful. We have always found beauty in engineering, and I feel sorry for the engineers that do NOT see beauty in their code.

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