(Warning: forum change) I think Peter Siebel adequately argues that code is not like the prose in a novel.
But, neither is poetry. Perhaps bad code is like bad poetry? -- Raul (typing on a phone) On Tuesday, January 21, 2014, Devon McCormick <[email protected]> wrote: > I've already weighed in with a (largely ignored) minority opinion on this > discussion on Slashdot - > > http://developers.slashdot.org/story/14/01/21/1847217/code-is-not-literature- > that's based on this essay: > http://www.gigamonkeys.com/code-reading/ . > > Personally, I've always viewed Knuth's push for "code as literature" with > considerable skepticism and this essay by Peter Siebel re-enforces my > skepticism. > > On a related note, check out the contribution from Dan Bron I plan to > include in tonight's talk: > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/DevonMcCormick/StatisticalCorrelationInWords > . > > -- > Devon McCormick, CFA > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
