Author: Will Singleton
Date: 22:09:12 10/30/99
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On October 30, 1999 at 21:13:54, James B. Shearer wrote: >On October 30, 1999 at 01:59:29, Will Singleton wrote (in part): > >>Programming can be considered an art as well as a science. While the basic >>ideas are not too hard to learn, to do it very well takes an exceptional person. >> When you publish the source to an exceptionally fine work, you can >>short-circuit the creative process in others. Not always, and not with all >>people, but it happens. You present the opportunity to avoid the work that >>otherwise would have led to real understanding, and perhaps independent >>advancement. > > I don't understand your point here. Are you saying museums shouldn't >display collections of extremely fine paintings? Isn't that analogous? > James B. Shearer Don't think it's analogous. The two aren't really comparable. Will
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