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Re:Programming Isn't Special by retrac98 on Friday October 09, 2026 @05:01AM (#50017924)
Programming can be art in the way that cooking can be art.

Most of it is in fact NOT art but simply done to solve a problem.

Re:Programming Isn't Special by Razengan on Friday October 09, 2026 @05:05AM (#50017969)
Right on. And similarly, you don't need to learn farming to be able to cook good food, just like you didn't need to know assembly language or machine code to be able to write programs before AI.
Re:Programming Isn't Special by rf15 on Saturday October 10, 2026 @03:50AM (#50030699)
in this metaphor you still have the problem that a lot of self-proclaimed cooks don't know their spices, think everything must be deep-fried and constantly use too much/too little salt to produce a dish that is edible but not good (nor healthy, for that matter)