Hello 2015

[Luis Villa]

On Fri, 2002-03-01 at 22:23, Mr. FoRK wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Watson" <mikejw@cruzio.com>
> >
> > 1) Can good code be art? Am I a software artist? How to display this art?
> That's odd... as I was leaving my last job, a friend asked me if code can be
> beautiful. I instantly said yes, knowing I was right, but I wasn't sure how
> to explain how I knew I was right.

How do you explain that Shakespeare is beautiful? Or that a Van Gogh is?
All good coders know that there is beautiful code (even if they know
they cannot produce it themselves). Unsurprisingly, in my experience,
they also frequently disagree as to what constitutes beautiful code.

Luis
P.S. The story of Mel feels relevant, though I don't know exactly why.
http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/The-Story-of-Mel.html