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My first thought was Hermes, since he passed messages, defined scope, and was an important figure in alchemy. Alchemy, with its pseudo-scientific approach, its
by karaterobot 5y ago
My first thought was Hermes, since he passed messages, defined scope, and was an important figure in alchemy. Alchemy, with its pseudo-scientific approach, its reliance on vaguely understood concepts, indecipherable symbols, and unreproducable results, best describes my relationship to programming.
- hcs 5y agoI also first thought of Hermes (and then Hephaestus), but I think the alchemy association is through Hermes Trismegistus, who combines the messenger functions of Hermes with Thoth, the Egyptian god of writing and magic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermes_Trismegistus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermes_Trismegistus