In general, "art" had a different meaning in past times compared to today. It was the subject of this very interesting excerpt by Knuth, recently posted by pg.

In general, "art" had a different meaning in past times compared to today. It was the subject of this very interesting excerpt by Knuth, recently posted by pg. http://www.paulgraham.com/knuth.html http://www.paulgraham.com/knuth.html