-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Lars Luthman schrieb: > > Are you saying that programming is less creative and original and > "personal" (whatever that means) than writing and recording music? I > definitely disagree. > the borders are fuzzy i admit: some say, Bach did not write the art of fugue to be played but for scholarship only - at the other hand software can be very original but still there is a major difference: as an artist, you do not NEED to follow known rules - you ARE the rule. If you write software, you NEED to do everything by the book if you want to have it compiled at least.. Plus: software can be optimized, there is a way to write a program, that is as near to perfection as possible - but you may agree, that there is no such thing as a "perfect song" or "the perfect novel". So i would say that coding and making music is both craftsmanship but music is more than that, you have a level of freedom, that no craftsman has, and so the results are in fact more personal. This applies especially, if you play an instrument, you improvize, you are spontaneous, impulsive etc. all of this would not be so much helpfull if you write code... And: there is no dishonour at all in being a great craftsman and i believe, that the personal attribution to the author should be mandatory too if code is distributed also. best regards Z -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE37Ql1Aecwva1SWMRAg3hAJ43E7u2mRBSfUOYw5Vu5SJkoEX2ngCcDE8a HwG5uIscT91Xnam2LwObSM4= =D9a9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
