is programming /lit/? Or is it a soulless task and an exponent

On a related note, can code have an aesthetic aspect like prose? Is there a code equivalent of purple prose?

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> being this autistic

Code is beautiful when its easy to understand while being complex. I dont think it can have aesthetic value.

Is reading an algebra book /lit/? Is reading sheet music the same as understanding quantum physics?

Code is a craft. Its merit is in utility via elegantly-applied skill.

>>9343517
Coetzee was a programmer.

No, programming is /g/.

Coding has no common ground with literature at all.

The closest it comes is the prose on reddit by fat code monkeys defending their favorite language.

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only hoon is /lit/

>>9343540
i think code is aesthetic when it does the most it can do with the fewest lines of code. that is, no superfluous lines. precise

>>9343517
I am a programmer. No, I don't think programming is /lit/. However, I do think that code can have aesthetic value, as some other posters have said.

>>9343591
William vollmmer and Michel houlbeque were programmers

>>9343517
Artificial intelligence could be