Marco Tabini's Blog: The violin-playing software designer

Courtesy PHPDeveloper.org  Tue, 08/19/2008 - 12:03

In this new post to his blog Marco Tabini eloquently explains something that less and less seem to be able to understand - the tool is only a means to an end.

It's more about the artist and the end result than the tool.

What is beautiful code?

Ask ten people, and you will probably get ten different answers. Ask them what makes a programming language beautiful, and you've got yourself the beginnings of a holy war....


 

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