[~ot] why is programming so fun?

[BCS]

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.