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'literature' is something written by people for people. That's exactly what a computer program is.
by bregma 3y ago
'literature' is something written by people for people. That's exactly what a computer program is.
- tgv 3y agoIt's primarily written for a computer, though. But there's more to literature than just being written. A list of ingredients isn't literature. The time table for the train isn't literature. Newspaper articles aren't literature.
- Arcanum-XIII 3y agoNot too sure about this part. Lot of program are written then used, but never revised. Code is a tool and not an end in itself. Honestly, do you want to revise your code on and on ? I didn't. I still don't want to. Then when I have to, I'm sad that I didn't add more comment. Or better code. Like code I don't have to improve. Or come back to... Well. F* ;)
- mcguire 3y agoSure, everybody likes greenfield projects the best. But compare this with the consensus wisdom on rewriting important projects. :-)