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Ask HN: Can some code be considered art?
Some code just seems to have an aesthetic appeal on par with physical beauty. You just stare at it going "Wow, that's amazingly brilliant."
- adamzap 16y agoCould you give an example?
- detokaal 16y agoSure. One of my favorites is still the doctest module in Python library. Elegant is how I would describe it.
- chrisaycock 16y agoI think many of the quines and polygots out there are beautiful. Plus some of the "code golf" examples, as long as they aren't obfuscated, are usually educational.
- mannicken 16y agoAccording to Tolstoy, anything, which transfers emotions of the author could be considered art.
- dekomote 16y agoI consider coding to be something in between art and industry. Creativity and production.