If coding wasn't an Art, then people wouldn't wouldn't debate about beautiful code. We wouldn't argue about tabs or spaces. We wouldn't debate about readability or extensibility. Coding is very much so an Art. It's just our medium is text. We write novels for the computer.
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If coding wasn't an Art, then people wouldn't wouldn't debate about beautiful code. We wouldn't argue about tabs or spaces. We wouldn't debate about readability or extensibility. Coding is very much so an Art. It's just our medium is text. We write novels for the computer.
Great answer.
100% agreed
It's like saying that writers are not artists because they follow orthography
«We write novels for the computer.»
Love it!