Really? Let’s change context: vi, emacs, BBEdit, Notepad++, Sublime, VSCode, TextMate all produce the same plain text. Is it the same? I can write simple code

Really? Let’s change context: vi, emacs, BBEdit, Notepad++, Sublime, VSCode, TextMate all produce the same plain text. Is it the same? I can write simple code in Python, Perl, C, PHP, swift, rebol, basic, rexx, JavaScript and do the same thing. Is the end result the only thing? I have learned a huge amount from studying other programmers simple programs that I could have written. Even inexperienced programmers have taught me. I have learned a huge amount watching other people paint walls of a house while I am painting the same wall the same color. There is much more to art than paint on a canvas. Much more.