From: Adam Peterson <ap1900@...>
Date: 2010-12-19T08:27:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Is programming art?

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I think most individuals exist in both worlds.  If you are repeating exactly
what your buddy did, then this is production, not art.  If you are refining
your buddies protocol, then this the art of refinement.  If you say, "I am
going to create something amazing!" this is  a purer art.

On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Urabe Shyouhei <shyouhei@ruby-lang.org>wrote:

> (2010/12/19 4:07), Adam Ms. wrote:
> > Start with an easier question:
> >
> > What is art?
>
> Yeah, I know this is THE right way for original poster to find his answer,
> but
> anybody who asks someone if something is art or not do not see the world as
> you and I do, so a bit more explanation is desirable.
>
> Why the definition of art is important in this context is that, if you
> define
> art as what is written in a dictionary, anything computer-related are
> 100.0%
> non-art.  And we do not believe so.  That is the key point; the OP is
> asking
> if programming is art "in some sense", and the sense is something that
> extends
> the definition of art from a mare tableau adoring a museum wall.  So, in
> principle, when someone believes that a programming is art, that person
> believes some different definition of art.  This is why the question "what
> is
> art".  To define art automatically distinguishes if programming is art or
> not.
>
>

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