OT: Crazy Programming

Max M maxm at mxm.dk
Tue May 14 11:08:43 EDT 2002


Peter Hansen wrote:
> Chris wrote:

> I believe you're confusing two separate issues.  Passion and
> art are orthogonal concepts.  I have a great deal of passion
> for programming and technology.  I just don't need to find
> non-practical "artistic" approaches to doing it most of the
> time.  I take pleasure in noticing the occasional exceptionally
> elegant design or approach, but to make those an explicit goal
> is, to me, counter-productive.  But I guess we're way into 
> religious territory, so I've said enough... :-)

Programming is, like cooking, not an art but a craft.

regards Max M




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