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Artistry produces beauty. Craftsmanship produces quality. They are not the same thing, and they are not necessarily in conflict. But don't confuse one for th

Artistry produces beauty. Craftsmanship produces quality. They are not the same thing, and they are not necessarily in conflict. But don't confuse one for the other.

kmote00 10y ago
Interesting observation, but I am not sure what your point is in this thread. Knuth understood the distinction and selected his words intentionally. "When I speak about computer programming as an art, I am thinking primarily of it as an art _form_, in an aesthetic sense. The chief goal of my work as educator and author is to help people learn how to write _beautiful programs_."
- pklausler 10y ago
  If you're getting paid to write quality software, don't instead write software that's only beautiful.
  - couchand 10y ago
    To a programmer's aesthetic it seems they're usually the same.