As a loose corollary to this notion of painting & programming, Paul Graham wrote an excellent essay entitled Hackers and Painters... http://www.paulgraham.com/hp.html
Des On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 11:52 +0000, Lindsay Marshall wrote: > I have always thought that programming and painting were closely > related. (See the huge painting that Stanley Spencer was working on when > he died and you'll see clearly how he approached it - remarkably like > how most people approach software development) > > This suggests the thread, what kind of paint is a given programming > language e.g. > > Fortran 2 is egg tempera : looked fine at the time of application but > deteriorates rapidly and requires huge amounts of restoration work to > keep it running. > > Miranda is old-fashioned gloss : it looks good but runs horribly > > Java is Artex : seemed like a good idea at the time as it hides those > nasty cracks, but you always regret it a few years later and it's hard > ot get rid of. > > You get the idea. > > Or perhaps this is just an open invitation for people to air their > personal prejudices. > > L. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > PPIG Discuss List (discuss@ppig.org) > Discuss admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/discuss > Announce admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/announce > PPIG Discuss archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40ppig.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PPIG Discuss List (discuss@ppig.org) Discuss admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/discuss Announce admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/announce PPIG Discuss archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40ppig.org/
