in reply to Why do we like to program?

I like to create new programs. I would like to point out that is better than working a physical item, one it takes no extra space, so I don't have to waste a large area storing it. And two, if I screw up, I have not wasted whatever money I had spent on buying the item I damaged.

I ruin a program, all I have lost is some time. I ruin a table, I have lost time and X dollars for the items I spent in the store! :)

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Re^2: Why do we like to program?
by GrandFather (Saint) on Nov 10, 2008 at 08:32 UTC

    On the other hand a well crafted table may last hundreds of years. The longest I've had a piece of code in production for is about 15 years and I consider that a very long time for code to remain in production essentially unchanged!

    Perl reduces RSI - it saves typing
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      Old tables still need to be refinished and polished every now and then.
      And, if you divide by the number of years that the technology has been around, that table starts to look pretty transient compared to your code.
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