Not just jazz, but all music! Functional programming is classical, web front-ends are pop, PHP is Britney Spears, Ruby is closer to Rock. Scala was almost certainly written by Beethoven, Clojure was probably Satie
As an analogy, it has a lot of potential... On 20 September 2010 10:10, Ricky Clarkson <ricky.clark...@gmail.com> wrote: > Reinier, > > You must understand that this is subjective. As usual, if discussed to a > limit we'd just end up debating the meaning of various terms. > > Programming is, yes, about making the computer do something, but beyond a > very small scale one needs to be able to read existing code. At that point > the way the code is written starts to matter, and arguably that's the point > at which it becomes art, as it is then an expression of intent. > > Jazz played like software would be terrible though, the pianist would stop > and launch a patent suit when the clarinet player made a variation upon his > improvised theme. The language is English. The other subject is software. > The language written like the other subject would be terrible too, you'd > need to jump all over the novel to get any context. > > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 7:28 AM, Reinier Zwitserloot > <reini...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> You're equating english or jazz to programming? That seems, in a word, >> ridiculous. >> >> The simile would be in trying to codify what kinds of _programs_ you >> could write. That would indeed be a very bad idea. Trying to codify >> _how_ you write them is something programming languages do pretty much >> by definition. >> >> The work of art is what your program can do. Not what your source >> looks like. Obfuscated C contest notwithstanding. >> >> On Sep 19, 6:03 pm, Josh Berry <tae...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 1:43 AM, Reinier Zwitserloot < >> reini...@gmail.com>wrote: >> > >> > > I usually get funny looks and stares when I argue this, but in my >> > > opinion a good programming language _defines_ style rules. >> > >> > Meh. I think it is a waste of time to worry about most of the style >> rules. >> > Not to mention, style is such a nebulous term that it is borderline >> idiotic >> > to really try and codify it. Imagine if you had a style for what prose >> > should read like. This is what most people try to do with programming. >> :) >> > (I saw a good analogy with Jazz the other day. Have you ever tried to >> > codify "good" music?) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Java Posse" group. >> To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- Kevin Wright mail / gtalk / msn : kev.lee.wri...@gmail.com pulse / skype: kev.lee.wright twitter: @thecoda -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
