[~ot] why is programming so fun?

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BCS Wrote:

> Reply to 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
> > 
> 
> #1: check the history I don't see how this was inevitable. Actualy I haven't 
> seen anything go that way befor.
> #2: at least we didn't end up talking about hitl...er... Oops.
> 
> 

I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic. At least I hope to God/Darwin he was...