Viewing a piece of code is much like viewing art. To the untrained eye art my just be another trivial photo, painting, ect... however the trained, see things about the artist that most wouldn't pick up on. Code is the same. A programmer can see into the mind of another through the code. They can tell things about personality through the way its organized, vars are defined, if they chose elegance vs. raw functionality (as we all know certain elegant expressions aren't always the fastest way to process things). These are just a few of the little things that can be viewed. If code isn't comparable to art why then do we have the obfuscated c and perl contests? Why did we all find the 7 line version of the DeCss a beautiful thing? If code wasn't a form of expression why would we be so passionate about it? Last but not least, if porn is a form of expression / art, then surly they can't exclude code from the category.
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Viewing a piece of code is much like viewing art. To the untrained eye art my just be another trivial photo, painting, ect... however the trained, see things about the artist that most wouldn't pick up on. Code is the same. A programmer can see into the mind of another through the code. They can tell things about personality through the way its organized, vars are defined, if they chose elegance vs. raw functionality (as we all know certain elegant expressions aren't always the fastest way to process things). These are just a few of the little things that can be viewed. If code isn't comparable to art why then do we have the obfuscated c and perl contests? Why did we all find the 7 line version of the DeCss a beautiful thing? If code wasn't a form of expression why would we be so passionate about it? Last but not least, if porn is a form of expression / art, then surly they can't exclude code from the category.