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From: Torsten Mueller <dev-null@shared-files.de>
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Subject: Re: Is Programing Art or Science?
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:17:03 +0200
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Xah Lee <xahlee@gmail.com> wrote:

> So, is programing a art or science? is it art or science? I really
> need to know.

Sience? Almost never.

It's handcraft.

Seldom, in very rare cases, it's true art for a very limited audience,
mostly it's routine, and in many cases it's also idiocy.

T.M.