In my opinion, the short answer is 'no'. Although coding involves inspiration, like science, engineering, or mathematics, the crucial distinction is that art ex

In my opinion, the short answer is 'no'. Although coding involves inspiration, like science, engineering, or mathematics, the crucial distinction is that art exists to --communicate-- a certain set of mental experiences from the artist to the spectator. Art is a form of communication through a combination of direct and indirect means to convey a set of complex, rich, nuanced mental experiences from the brain of one person to many others. The more reducible the communication is to a direct statement, the less 'artistic' it is; simply because art exists as a channel to communicate those experiences that are too complex and rich for logical statement. So again in my opinion, while coding involves ingenuity, creativity, technical skill, and intelligence the product -- i.e., code -- is an unambiguous logical statement akin to a philosophical syllogism, perfectly expressible and intelligible by regular communication. It does raise the tricky question of the relationship between 'creativity' and 'art', as normal non-artist human beings frequently apply creative thinking without producing art (or shall we say, without producing 'fine art').