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On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 02:55:43PM +0100, Dr.Ruud wrote: > Chip Salzenberg schreef: > > Tom Christiansen quoted the Camel: > >> It has been said(*) that programs that write programs > >> are the happiest programs in the world. > >> * By Andrew Hume, the famous Unix philosopher. > > > > Programs that write programs may be happy ... but people who have to > > read and, heaven forfend, _maintain_ programs written by programs > > are, without doubt, the damned of Computania. > > My best coding memories are still attached to metaprogramming, > specifically Clarion for DOS. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarion_(programming_language) Ah, but you neither had to read nor maintain, only regenerate. That's a fine model; it's more like a compiler, with debugging of its output only an occasional burden. Code-generation wizards, on the other hand, which require you to own and maintain their output ... they are the creation of somebody kinda like Satan. Only evil. -- Chip Salzenberg <chip@pobox.com>Thread Previous | Thread Next