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| From | Peter Davis <Peter.Davis@mathworks.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.lisp, comp.emacs, comp.lang.python, comp.lang.perl.misc |
| Subject | Re: Is Programing Art or Science? |
| Date | 2012-04-03 09:20 -0400 |
| Organization | The MathWorks, Inc. |
| Message-ID | <jletfd$52u$1@newscl01ah.mathworks.com> (permalink) |
| References | <c975170b-6c1e-407e-8c18-50cd1ad4f34e@vy9g2000pbc.googlegroups.com> |
Cross-posted to 4 groups.
On 3/30/2012 4:27 AM, Xah Lee wrote: > Is Programing Art or Science? > Programming itself is a bit like being a natural language translator for an autistic person. You have to understand the "message" to be communicated, and then interpret it *very* literally for the listener. Note that programming is just one of a set of activities and skills that are part of software engineering. Others include UI design (which combines visual design, psychology, etc.), software architecture (which is like ... well, architecture) and various other skills. Collectively, "engineering" is the best catch-all description. Is building a bridge art or science? A little of both, and some other things as well. -pd
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Is Programing Art or Science? Xah Lee <xahlee@gmail.com> - 2012-03-30 01:27 -0700
Re: Is Programing Art or Science? ccc31807 <cartercc@gmail.com> - 2012-03-30 11:49 -0700
Re: Is Programing Art or Science? "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2012-04-02 23:48 +0200
Re: Is Programing Art or Science? Jürgen Exner <jurgenex@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-02 16:52 -0700
Re: Is Programing Art or Science? Emile van Sebille <emile@fenx.com> - 2012-04-02 17:04 -0700
Re: Is Programing Art or Science? Tim Bradshaw <tfb@tfeb.org> - 2012-04-03 10:42 +0100
Re: Is Programing Art or Science? ccc31807 <cartercc@gmail.com> - 2012-04-03 10:00 -0700
Re: Is Programing Art or Science? "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2012-04-03 20:27 +0200
Re: Is Programing Art or Science? ccc31807 <cartercc@gmail.com> - 2012-04-03 12:39 -0700
Re: Is Programing Art or Science? Chiron <chiron613.no.spam.@no.spam.please.gmail.com> - 2012-04-03 04:26 +0000
Re: Is Programing Art or Science? Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2012-04-03 06:05 -0400
Re: Is Programing Art or Science? Torsten Mueller <dev-null@shared-files.de> - 2012-04-03 12:17 +0200
Re: Is Programing Art or Science? Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> - 2012-04-03 10:42 +0000
Re: Is Programing Art or Science? Alec Taylor <alec.taylor6@gmail.com> - 2012-04-03 22:43 +1000
Re: Is Programing Art or Science? Peter Davis <Peter.Davis@mathworks.com> - 2012-04-03 09:20 -0400
Re: Is Programing Art or Science? Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mssgmbh.com> - 2012-04-03 16:22 +0100
Re: Is Programing Art or Science? Xah Lee <xahlee@gmail.com> - 2012-04-03 14:39 -0700
Re: Is Programing Art or Science? Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz <spamtrap@library.lspace.org.invalid> - 2012-04-04 03:33 -0400
Re: Is Programing Art or Science? Chiron <chiron613.no.spam.@no.spam.please.gmail.com> - 2012-04-04 17:52 +0000
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