The other day, I came to the conclusion that the act of writing software is actually antagonistic all on its own. Arcane languages, cryptic errors, mostly missing (or at best, scattered) documentation - it's like someone is deliberately trying to screw with you, sitting in some Truman Show-like control room pointing and laughing behind the scenes. At some level, it's masochistic, but we do it because it gives us an incredible opportunity to shape our world.
-- Chris Granger,
Towards a better Programming
While it seems that Chris is trying to do what others have already tried, and failed to do, (
intentional programming, anybody?) Chris' description of the programming universe is spot on!
But I wish him luck! And hopefully he'll succeed.
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