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This sounds like an engineer chiding artists for not being productive. There's nothing wrong with deriving pleasure from deep analysis of a programming languag
by klochner 15y ago
This sounds like an engineer chiding artists for not being productive.
There's nothing wrong with deriving pleasure from deep analysis of a programming language - similarly with all of art or mathematics.
Feel free to fall in love with your technology, just realize it's not as likely to make you rich if your goal isn't to ship product.
- rbxbx 15y agoAgreed, completely, however there is one difference: When an artist ceases to ship, they starve.
- commieneko 15y agoArt, like science, is not necessarily a profession. It can be an avocation. There are many important artists and scientists that did not support themselves with their art or science.
- twelvechairs 15y ago"l'Unix pour l'Unix" (Unix for Unix's sake)?!
- TeMPOraL 15y agoI know some folks who are like that. I think most of the Unix/Linux advocates I personally know started this way.
- shoover 15y agoThis author enjoys turning a nice line of code or structuring a nice program as much as anyone. Read his past posts. I don't see anything here remotely against art or enjoying the challenge of your work. The point is for him it's important not to get lost in the tools at the expense of not making things.