Re: [ontolog-forum] Software as art, metrics, etc. (was: MVC)

[Duane Nickull <dnickull@xxxxxxxxx>]

As long as the software meets the core metrics, there is a lot of freedom on how you actually write the code.
Code can be written in a manner that is intuitive to read and executes the fastest it can or it can be written in a manner that is ugly and doesn’t catch exceptions etc.  Both will work but the artist is the one who designs the module (assuming OO) in manner that when others look at it they appreciate it.  Simple, elegant, efficient, complete, strongly typed and functional.

It takes both designers and engineers to build an airplane.
My code is beautiful.  If it makes anyone cringe, so be it.  You don’t have to look at my source.

Duane


On 2/24/10 9:53 AM, "Ed Barkmeyer" <edbark@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> David Eddy wrote:
> > Duane -
> >
> > On Feb 23, 2010, at 2:45 PM, Duane Nickull wrote:
> >
> > It comes down to the fact that code is art.
> >
> > Agreed.
> >
> > I cringe whenever I hear "software engineer" particularly when
> > someone delivers it with a straight face.
> >
> >  
>
> I lost Jeffrey Schiffel's email, but I support his position.  I hope
> this is a troll.
> I cringe whenever I meet a programmer who thinks he is an artist.
>
> A program is a machine.  People rely on it to do some part of their
> business.
> Do you want to fly across the country on an aircraft built by an artist?
> Do you want the ABS in your car to be an artwork?
> Do you want the life support system in the ICU to be art?
>
> The reason why we trust engineers to make ABS's and aircraft is that
> they have a discipline that gives the company the willingness to provide
> a warranty and accept legal liability.  As long as programmers think
> they are artists, you will get the Microsoft form of warranty -- caveat
> emptor.
>
> The "artist" view of software engineering should have vanished in 1980. 
> The software in automobiles and aircraft, manufacturing controllers,
> train controllers and life support systems has been engineered since
> 1975, and the software in network servers has been engineered since
> 1990.  But for some reason, many people still trust their business to
> artworks, and pay annual fees for repainting/resculpting them.  This
> nonsense has got to stop.
>
> -Ed
>
> P.S. Is that short enough for Azamat?
>
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