[~ot] why is programming so fun?

[Clay Smith]

BCS wrote:
> Reply to sclytrack,
> 
>> It is like playing with lego blocks but you won't be accused of being
>> a kid.
>>
>> Sclytrack
>>
> 
> Every one in a while I hear about someone who want to "make programming 
> like putting together Logos" e.i. "just snap them together and your done!"
> 
> It just occurred to me, 99.9999% of the ways you can snap Logos together 
> are neither useful, nor good looking. The same is true of programming. 
> It' easy to make a system that lets you snap together a program if it 
> don't have to do anything useful.
> 
> 

I'd consider libraries to be like "lego blocks," and people manage to 
make lots of useful programs with them.