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I've always thought of programs as "functional prose". The notion of software engineering may have hidden this somewhat in the past few years, but the two domai
by masswerk 5y ago
I've always thought of programs as "functional prose". The notion of software engineering may have hidden this somewhat in the past few years, but the two domains have very much in common. Including various strategies to tackle them.
(From which follows somewhat implicitely: Whenever you set up a process for shared project development, also ask yourself, would this work for a shared writing effort?)
- WorldMaker 5y agoI tend to think of code much more like "poetry" than "prose". Programming languages provide required "meter", "rhyme", and other similar "format requirements" like poetry styles. Style guides and lint tools even further "refine" the "poetry style" agreed on by a development effort. I haven't found any particular use for this analogy for deep insights (there rarely were collectives focused on long form poetry in history, depending on what you think of oral storytelling traditions and/or if you agree with conspiracy theories that the output attributed to William Shakespeare was more of a collective effort than a lone auteur), but I still find it an interesting analogy.
- proc0 5y agoYeah, I have referred to asking questions as 'mind queries', if they're technical in nature, since it's just trying to acquire a piece of knowledge.