[~ot] why is programming so fun?

[janderson]

BCS wrote:
> Reply to Bruce,
> 
>> On Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:12:57 +0100, BCS <ao at pathlink.com> wrote:
>>
>>> nice. One view even holds that the concept of "everlasting" with it's
>>> inherent binding to time is inapplicable to god. Like the god as an
>>> author model (see my other reply); Where was the author before the
>>> first  page of the book, and where does he go after the last page?
>>> The question  is as meaningless as; what is the conversion rate from
>>> the color red to  US dollars?
>>>
>> Not quite as meaningless. If you go with the author theory then you
>> can learn about the universe outside the universe that you thought was 
>> all there was. Though there's only so much you can tell about the 
>> author without finding a way to escape the book.
> 
> OTOH, everything in the "book" is created by the author therefor you can 
> learn a lot about him by reading the "book" and seeing what he created.
> 
> 

I knew it,  I knew it.  As soon as I saw the original question "why is 
programming so fun?" I knew it would end in a discussion about god and 
the evolution.  All such questions end that way, the D community should 
know that by now.

"why is programming so fun?" = Evolution || God;

-Joel