Thank you -- that's exactly how I feel about the Braun reference.
The "program" here being one of the simplest imaginable, with literally thousands of years of prior art.
Re:Designing a Bottle
by staticassertion on Thursday July 20, 2017 @09:59AM
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What if they actually were inspired by one of them? Why not give some background and context to a crowd that may not be familiar with various icons?
If you show me a nice program you coded, I'd say "that's cool".
If you show me a nice program you coded and tell me that you've been inspired by John Backus, Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds, I'd say "yeah well it's still a program".