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Compared to other contemporary programming languages, Ruby does sometimes look old-fashioned. But it’s important to keep in mind that “never be too innovative” is also a key to creating beautiful code.”
Yukihiro Matsumoto in Beatiful Code p. 480 -
some behavior cannot be taken over by apparatuses and that the sort of behavior that cannot be automated is exactly the sort that constitutes human dignity, for example, the commandment to “honor thy father and...
Flusser: Does Writing Have a Future? p. 58 -
It can no longer be grasped in historical, political, or ethical categories. Other cybernetic, computable, functional categories must be applied to it. For this reason, programming cannot actually be called writing. It is...
Flusser: Does Writing Have a Future? p. 58 -
When programming has set itself free of alphanumeric writing, thought will no longer need to work through a spoken language to become visible. The detour through language to the sign, such a distinguishing mark of Western...
Flusser: Does Writing Have a Future? p. 63