>Solving that is important in its own right though, not because people do or do not like them. Is it? I tend to think of writing software as something like wri

>Solving that is important in its own right though, not because people do or do not like them. Is it? I tend to think of writing software as something like writing literature. Or composing music, perhaps. I don't see people up in arms saying, "Our understanding of writing is broken because some people like to write structured outlines before they write, whereas others just start free-writing and come back to edit." We don't say, "Our understanding of music composition is broken because some songwriters write the lyrics first but others write the melody first." Why is it so important to understand why different programmers employ different techniques?