re: A small essay in my own defense
Kirby writes -
CP4E is clever enough as a *direction*. I like to say that knowing something about programming is like knowing something about internal combustion engines. Yet we're not all mechanics. It's just helpful to know "how things work".
To me, the question than becomes one of semantics. How far down the road toward a redefinition of the word "programming" are we allowing ourselves to go. BIG ISSUE, in my book. BIG, BIG ISSUE. Did I metion I think the issue is significant? Art
At 08:31 AM 7/9/2003 -0500, Arthur wrote:
Kirby writes -
CP4E is clever enough as a *direction*. I like to say that knowing something about programming is like knowing something about internal combustion engines. Yet we're not all mechanics. It's just helpful to know "how things work".
To me, the question than becomes one of semantics. How far down the road toward a redefinition of the word "programming" are we allowing ourselves to go.
Well, when you go to a play they hand you a "program" and the thing actors work from is called a "script". What you see on stage is the execution. That's how far, or not far at all (back to the semantic roots: all the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely objects). Kirby
BIG ISSUE, in my book.
BIG, BIG ISSUE.
Did I metion I think the issue is significant?
Art
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Well, when you go to a play they hand you a "program" and the thing actors work from is called a "script". What you see on stage is the execution.
That's how far, or not far at all (back to the semantic roots: all the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely objects).
Yes and thus almost all TV 'programs' and Films are based on scripts. --=Jason
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