Over in the Technical SIG, a discussion about icons vs CLI has touched on the
issue of whether programming is more like writing poetry or digging a ditch. I
think a programmer is more like a ditchdigger than a poet.
One can certainly dig ditches in a reflective manner, the Zen of the Shovel and
all that; and the ditchdigger is less likely to miss a meal than the poet.
Any thoughts?
Thol,
It's kinda like like digging a ditch to make a poem. You're fleshing ideas
out in a concrete manner, but the end product is _still_ the original idea-
just a bit more tangible.
Is a poet any less a poet if he sets his work down on paper?
Doug