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Yes, but that's a bit of a semantic quibble. If they're making their computer do nontrivial things they're essentially programming. If the computer changes sta
by tree_of_item 12y ago
Yes, but that's a bit of a semantic quibble. If they're making their computer do nontrivial things they're essentially programming.
If the computer changes state it's because of the execution of a program, and if no programmer actually wrote that specific program then the act of creation can be considered "programming".
- schoen 12y agoBy that definition, a user drawing a picture is programming too! Especially if the picture is exported to PostScript.
- tree_of_item 12y agoYep. I take it you don't enjoy this definition? One alternative I've seen is what happens with artificial intelligence: if we can do it, it's not AI, just "algorithms" or whatever. In reality the definition of "artificial intelligence" is broad enough to cover the things we consider mundane today, like movie recommendations and search engine results. If MS Paint was souped up with things like repetition and conditionals, would you be so opposed to calling that "programming"?