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Article: The Fine Art of Computer Programming

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Christophe Grandsire

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Sep 14, 2005, 4:41:26 PM9/14/05
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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 :) .
--
Christophe Grandsire.

http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr

You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.


daz

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Sep 17, 2005, 4:28:43 AM9/17/05
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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

Ron Jeffries

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Sep 18, 2005, 5:53:59 AM9/18/05
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Yes, thanks! Very interesting ... and leads to even more interesting things!

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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.

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