My current theory is that programming is quite literally writing. That's what the author wrote. Lets take another (stupid) quote from the author: Most code su

My current theory is that programming is quite literally writing. That's what the author wrote. Lets take another (stupid) quote from the author: Most code sucks because we have the fluency equivalent of 3 year olds trying to write a novel. There's no absolute nature regarding the state of ability for any given task. There is no way to map fluency in English to fluency in any other domain. It just doesn't make sense. This is just all around lazy thinking. It's buying into a metaphor because you either don't have the ability or desire to actual think about the real issues. edw earlier in this thread actually took a little time to think about the issue. This slashdotter made no effort, had no substance, no data, just a cheap metaphor that fell apart upon first glance. or mistaking the rest of us for complete morons How's this for lazy thinking -- I use duck typing.