[~ot] why is programming so fun?

[janderson]

Simen Kjaeraas wrote:
> janderson Wrote:
> 
>> 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
> 
> Actually, I believe that should be 'Any question demanding philosophical thinking' => Evolution || God.
> 
> btw, where is Hitler in all this? (might as well invoke Godwin's law while we're at it)
> 
> -- Simen

Well Hitler is one of those topics that always leads to Evolution:

Hitler->death camps->Jews->Religion->God->Evolution

Actually probably every topic is only a few topics away from those subjects.