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There is an argument to be made that a recipe is code, it just runs on a different platform

by dirkc 4y ago

notjustanymike 4y ago
Indeed, and just like code you hate the way it looks a few days later.
napier 4y ago
Glad to see this already pointed out!
paskozdilar 4y ago
I wish emacs would implement kitchen-sink support already.
- thom 4y ago
  You will not be surprised to learn of the existence of org-chef, a package to help writing recipes in org-mode.
  - kirubakaran 4y ago
    I've been using Emacs for over 20 years, and even I thought you were joking before I web-searched org-chef!
    - thom 4y ago
      Oh ye of little faith!
alpaca128 4y ago
Or at least pseudocode - it fulfills the same purpose but is less formal/consistent than for example the esoteric programming language Chef.
janfoeh 4y ago
https://www.dangermouse.net/esoteric/chef.html https://www.dangermouse.net/esoteric/chef.html
kickling 4y ago
Yes, that's how I usually explain programming to someone unexperienced with it. A computer programming language is usually more strictly defined, but depending on compiler and architecture results can differ in computer progamming as well.
- brigandish 4y ago
  Speaking of which, a spec for recipes that was a previous Show HN[1], Cooklang[2] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28997309 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28997309 [2] https://github.com/cooklang/spec https://github.com/cooklang/spec
- yesbabyyes 4y ago
  This is especially true with the programming language Chef: https://esolangs.org/wiki/chef https://esolangs.org/wiki/chef
npteljes 4y ago
Works well when explaining open source too. Proprietary is when the restaurants don't disclose the recipe, you just hope that they'll do a good job like last time, or that your allergies don't trigger. Government is forcing food products to disclose at least parts of their recipe, making it partially open. GPL needs you to include the recipe along with the food you serve to people, but not when you cook at home. And so on
JTbane 4y ago
So why is code copyrightable and software patentable, while recipes are neither?
- ndsipa_pomu 4y ago
  Because corporations get to make money from software.

There is an argument to be made that a recipe is code, it just runs on a different platform

by dirkc 4y ago

There is an argument to be made that a recipe is code, it just runs on a different platform

notjustanymike 4y ago

Indeed, and just like code you hate the way it looks a few days later.

napier 4y ago

Glad to see this already pointed out!

paskozdilar 4y ago

I wish emacs would implement kitchen-sink support already.

thom 4y ago
You will not be surprised to learn of the existence of org-chef, a package to help writing recipes in org-mode.
- kirubakaran 4y ago
  I've been using Emacs for over 20 years, and even I thought you were joking before I web-searched org-chef!
  - thom 4y ago
    Oh ye of little faith!

alpaca128 4y ago

Or at least pseudocode - it fulfills the same purpose but is less formal/consistent than for example the esoteric programming language Chef.

janfoeh 4y ago

https://www.dangermouse.net/esoteric/chef.html https://www.dangermouse.net/esoteric/chef.html

kickling 4y ago

Yes, that's how I usually explain programming to someone unexperienced with it. A computer programming language is usually more strictly defined, but depending on compiler and architecture results can differ in computer progamming as well.

brigandish 4y ago
Speaking of which, a spec for recipes that was a previous Show HN[1], Cooklang[2] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28997309 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28997309 [2] https://github.com/cooklang/spec https://github.com/cooklang/spec
yesbabyyes 4y ago
This is especially true with the programming language Chef: https://esolangs.org/wiki/chef https://esolangs.org/wiki/chef

npteljes 4y ago

Works well when explaining open source too. Proprietary is when the restaurants don't disclose the recipe, you just hope that they'll do a good job like last time, or that your allergies don't trigger. Government is forcing food products to disclose at least parts of their recipe, making it partially open. GPL needs you to include the recipe along with the food you serve to people, but not when you cook at home. And so on

JTbane 4y ago

So why is code copyrightable and software patentable, while recipes are neither?

ndsipa_pomu 4y ago
Because corporations get to make money from software.