Programming is a horse in a jar driving a double decker bus around the craters of the moon, harvesting turnips.
On 3/5/2007, "marc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi james, > >I'd say, just like art, programming is whatever you want it to be... > >marc > >>I'm going to reply to this without reading the article and say: >> >>programming is a science if you don't know art, an art if you don't >>know science. but to be honest, for me it's just programming. i'll >>read it now. >> >>james. >> >>On 3/5/2007, "marc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>>Is programming an art or a science? Part II. >>> >>>In Part I of this 2 part series I put forth a standard argument about >>>how programming is a science. In this part I want to explore an argument >>>that says programming is an art. As I mentioned in Part I, this is a >>>thought that I didnât even entertain until I was a good number of years >>>into my career as a programmer. At this point, maybe the argument has >>>some validity. Iâll let each of you make your own decision⦠>>> >>>This topic came up recently as my oldest daughter started looking into >>>colleges. She is a high school senior, due to graduate in just a few >>>weeks. As we looked at colleges I noticed several schools giving >>>Bachelor of Arts degrees for computer science majors. In fact, according >>>to this page at Wikipedia, there are many different degrees that are all >>>considered more or less the same. Anyway, seeing the Bachelor of Arts >>>degree made me think about the argument of whether programming is an art >>>or a science, so naturally I had to create a couple of blog entries >>>about it! >>> >>>more >>>http://wapurl.co.uk/?7Q2LMZO _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
