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Just like there are more musicians than people who understand music theory, formalism is not required for software development. This is neither surprising nor
by bithive123 14y ago
Just like there are more musicians than people who understand music theory, formalism is not required for software development. This is neither surprising nor bad.
- pacaro 14y agoIndeed, this makes me think of http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/11/mort-elvis-einstein-and-you.html http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/11/mort-elvis-einstein...
- jwdunne 14y agoYou know, as irrelevant as my comment is, this comment means a great deal to me. I haven't read it before but I did make the following Ask HN finally provoked by another of Atwood's posts: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4785581 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4785581 For me, this is very reassuring so I thank you :)
- prodigal_erik 14y agoUnlike music, software can be (and almost always is) grotesquely defective in ways that aren't obvious to the user right away.
- bithive123 14y agoI'm not so sure; there is plenty of popular music I find grotesquely defective in ways that aren't obvious to the people who appreciate it. Like it or not, software quality is entirely subjective and in the eye of the beholder. There is no other way to explain the continued ubiquity of things like PHP, Windows, iTunes, <insert bane of your existence>, etc.