OT: Crazy Programming

[Aahz]

In article <23891c90.0205130956.6f0436a0 at posting.google.com>,
Paul Boddie <paul at boddie.net> wrote:
>
>This is one thing I strongly dislike about the "Perl attitude" to
>programming, along with the "coding is an art not a science" viewpoint
>and the "code is poetry" school of thought. Programming and coding are
>(or should mostly be) sciences or engineering practices which we
>should strive to get right every time - programmers and developers
>are, after all, writing instructions for machines which pretty much
>have to do the right thing all the time, not just when it's "cool" to
>do so (or not to do so).

I'm in the "programming is craft" camp.  Any time we write a new
program, there's an element of human interface to consider; that can
never be primarily a function of engineering.  But we can all strive to
learn best practices like a cook or woodworker, and we can pick up new
tools as they become available.
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