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[–] Mathium05@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

it just is man. Simple code may not have a style, but anything more complex, no, it has a style and has a lot of room for the how. Like think about it for a second, there are so many way of doing things, object oriented, functional, imperative, etc. And a programmer can mix and match those as much as they see fit. Deny it all you like, but code has a style, and is creative work. We should protect creative works.

[–] Ptsf@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Mathium05@piefed.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And you're wrong, it is a form of creative expression that has style and form.

[–] Ptsf@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nah, you're wrong. Code is almost exclusively implementations with a final optimized form for a task akin to a recipe.

[–] Mathium05@piefed.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No, code is not, it's more akin to a written work.

[–] Ptsf@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Mathium05@piefed.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Ptsf@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It is not. I can setup a automated reply if you continue to insist on.. Whatever this is, or we can agree to disagree which is fine, but I find your perspective twisted, ignorant, and incorrect. I'm not sure what you want from me beyond that other than to capitulate to your tantrum.

[–] Mathium05@piefed.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 day ago

tantrum? Says that person who's doing this :P