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
