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Re:I wrote an LLVM-powered trace-based JIT for Brainfuck by igravious on Monday August 30, 2010 @07:19AM (#1645902)
oh look! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_for_arts_sake
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Re:I wrote an LLVM-powered trace-based JIT for Brainfuck by davidw on Monday August 30, 2010 @07:21AM (#1645907)
Yeah, I don't think of programming as an art, but a craft, so that's why I have the point of view I do.

There are tons of projects that will never go anywhere, done just for learning or as neat hacks, but why ensure that one won't?

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Re:I wrote an LLVM-powered trace-based JIT for Brainfuck by StavrosK on Monday August 30, 2010 @08:00AM (#1645965)
It's the same as carpentry and sculpting. It's the same thing, but one is a craft and the other is an art. This guy just took time off making furniture to build a sculpture.

Sure, he could have made a new kind of furniture, but making sculptures also has its merits (or not, depending on your viewpoint, I guess).

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