For you, that is play. It's something you enjoy, socially. You explored computation instead of a park or creek. Unless coding is stressful for you I don't see

For you, that is play. It's something you enjoy, socially. You explored computation instead of a park or creek. Unless coding is stressful for you I don't see how that's different than kids playing games outside. Though, it seems you implied that being on a computer was not relaxing. In that case I'm straight wrong.