Article: The Fine Art of Computer Programming

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Hi,

Just found this great article from the Free Software Magazine:

http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/free_issues/issue_06/focus-software_as_art/

It focusses on various issues about programming, like fun in writing *and* reading code, literate programming, etc... Since fun in programming is a recurrent theme among Rubyists, and there is quite a culture among us of clear, readable code, I thought it might interest some people here.

As someone who read the METAFONT source code "for fun", I relate very well to this :slight_smile: .

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Christophe Grandsire.

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Christophe Grandsire wrote:

Hi,

Just found this great article from the Free Software Magazine:

http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/free_issues/issue_06/focus-software_as_art/

It focusses on various issues about programming, like fun in writing
*and* reading code, literate programming, etc... Since fun in
programming is a recurrent theme among Rubyists, and there is quite a
culture among us of clear, readable code, I thought it might interest
some people here.

Appreciated; thanks for linking, Christophe.

daz

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Yes, thanks! Very interesting ... and leads to even more interesting things!

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On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 09:28:43 +0100, "daz" <dooby@d10.karoo.co.uk> wrote:

Christophe Grandsire wrote:

Hi,

Just found this great article from the Free Software Magazine:

http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/free_issues/issue_06/focus-software_as_art/

It focusses on various issues about programming, like fun in writing
*and* reading code, literate programming, etc... Since fun in
programming is a recurrent theme among Rubyists, and there is quite a
culture among us of clear, readable code, I thought it might interest
some people here.

Appreciated; thanks for linking, Christophe.

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Ron Jeffries
www.XProgramming.com
I'm giving the best advice I have. You get to decide if it's true for you.