Seems to me that you're looking to heavily on the brushstrokes and not enough on the theme when referring to the blocks.

(Disclaimer: This is not a rant on either footpad or merlyn). What I note from merlyn is that one does not simply reach a point where everything is elegant. This is either comforting or a complete disappointment. I'm not sure which, yet. I appreciate the sentiment; that much is clear.

footpad, the mistake I notice in your post is that you give a higher credence to merlyn. Possibly more than other monks, but he is, after all, 'just another perl hacker'. I guess what I'm saying is that I agree with the overall concept being discussed here: there is a good quality about treating code as an art. (Here's the potential fire, but I've tried my hardest to put the bucket of water right in front of you) Just because someone is considered a "master" in their field of art does not mean that their work is good. I think merlyn is a good artist, but it is because what he does is important to himself, not that it is important to you.

I don't have a cool quote from anyone famous, but I'm certain that someone probably said something like this in the past (Probably Howard Roark): You can't create art for anyone but yourself. If it happens that your work reaches others, then they can only take from it what they want to take from it. This will be dependent on their personal path that has led to this moment. It will be theirs only, and even as the artist, you will not have any claim to ownership of that which they get from your work.

ALL HAIL BRAK!!!

In reply to RE: RE: On elegant coding... by PsychoSpunk
in thread Just thinking ... by toadi

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