> The programmer, like the poet, works only slightly removed from pure thought-stuff. He builds his castles in the air, from air, creating by the exertion of th

> The programmer, like the poet, works only slightly removed from pure thought-stuff. He builds his castles in the air, from air, creating by the exertion of the imagination. This is both a reason that programming is enjoyable, as well as one of the reasons it's so easy to end up with a giant mess that kinda sorta works well enough to get by.