Programming is not "just like writing" it IS writing (i.e. communication via the written word) but it belongs to a similar genre as technical writing, in that i

Programming is not "just like writing" it IS writing (i.e. communication via the written word) but it belongs to a similar genre as technical writing, in that it involves structured instructions for how to make things happen. Rather than telling a person what to do, you're telling a computer what to do. Those instructions are simply written using a language and syntax that the computer understands (along with explanatory comments for the humans). Yes it's "writing" - communication of ideas through the written word - but it's not like writing an essay, poem, short story or screen play.