Re: models of creativity in programming

2010-03-23 Thread guzdial
Also relevant to this discussion is Richard Gabriel's proposal for a Masters of Fine Arts in Software: http://www.dreamsongs.com/MFASoftware.html On 3/23/10 1:13 PM, Neil neil.er...@gmail.com wrote: It strikes me that perhaps we emphasize the role of creativity too much in the arts. How much

Re: models of creativity in programming

2010-03-23 Thread Lindsay Marshall
On 23 Mar 2010, at 17:31, guzd...@cc.gatech.edu wrote: Also relevant to this discussion is Richard Gabriel’s proposal for a Masters of Fine Arts in Software: http://www.dreamsongs.com/MFASoftware.html I really like that idea a lot and agree with much of what he says. I've been wanting

Re: models of creativity in programming

2010-03-23 Thread Derek M Jones
Lindsay, I think that the role of creativity in programming is vastly overestimated. I have to disagree, I think it is vastly underestimated. This is only because you live in a world (ie, academia) here the aim is to be creative. Most algorithms are very simple and frequently used. In