in reply to Textual Analysis and Perl

Why do people write poems while they could express the same idea in an essay? Why do people want to vary the same things they say? Why are natual languages so hard to parse? Individuality, creativity, freedom to express oneself, (and more??) are the words I could think of... Perl has elevated from a mere programming language to a form of freedom and individuality. Perl is not only a programming language, it is an art.

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Re: Re: Textual Analysis and Perl
by Jenda (Abbot) on Dec 02, 2003 at 13:36 UTC
    Why do people write poems while they could express the same idea in an essay?

    There are three reasons ... sex, money and boredom.

    Where the third might very well be the lack of the first. Possibly caused by the lack of the second.

    Writing poetry is like programming in VB. You spend ages trying to express the simplest things in the most convoluted way possible just to please someone who doesn't care.

    Jenda
    Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.
       -- Rick Osborne

    Edit by castaway: Closed small tag in signature

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