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I think this is a minority perspective, but I generally think coding has a lot more in common with writing than it does with engineering. (I guess Literate Prog
by overgard 9y ago
I think this is a minority perspective, but I generally think coding has a lot more in common with writing than it does with engineering. (I guess Literate Programming would sort of support this idea). Can you imagine trying to write an essay as a flowchart? I think it would just obscure the point, rather than simplify it.
- indigochill 9y agoStructurally, a program is also similar to music. A program, if we view the bytecode, is read linearly by default but may have jumps at certain points forwards or backwards, like a coda in musical notation.
- jononor 9y agoPeople make amazingly complex music in Digital Audio Workstations. Personally I think there is some inspiration to draw from their use/function into the programming experience.