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Re:Bryan Cantrill interviews Arthur Whitney (2009) by bcantrill on Monday December 02, 2019 @04:27AM (#21681024)
So, one interesting detail about this interview: audio was recorded. The version in print is abridged, and I would love for the ACM to release the audio -- if only for the incredibly long (and mind-blown) pause after Arthur told me that he felt that the closest analogue to software is poetry...
Re:Bryan Cantrill interviews Arthur Whitney (2009) by eternalban on Monday December 02, 2019 @08:39AM (#21682177)
...which explains his language design choices.

Stronger contenders for the "software analogue" remain film, theater, music, and architecture.