Comments on: Code is Poetry

By: El Arte del Desarrollo de Software | Qué Vida Esta

El Arte del Desarrollo de Software | Qué Vida Esta — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:02:58 +0000

[...] quién lo hace y las circunstacias del momento. ¿No suena esto a algo artístico?. Ya lo dice el eslogan de WordPress: Code Is [...]

By: Tina Anderson

Tina Anderson — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:30:25 +0000

Microsoft didn’t do anything wrong there. I read those rumors before that they stole that tagline but they’re false.

By: Alfredo Rahn

Alfredo Rahn — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 21:29:59 +0000

I think that code is poetry in any way, and that’s the important thing.

IMHO, I really don’t know if WordPress was the first to make that quote famous… But a few years ago (i’ve been programming for awhile) I tought of code as poetry, in the same way that you could assume that poetry is software itself.. It only lives in the minds of who reads it and gives it a meaning (interpretation), or even produces any kind of perceptual sensation, more or less subjective (and Computer Software or Code lives only in a machine able to understand and execute it).

Code is software too, but the difference it makes -maybe- is that poetry is made for the sake of art… OTOH, code mainly is made for a specific purpose…

Let’s say that code is to poetry what Craftmanship is to Art… And the fact that there’s alot of artists (called PROGRAMMERS) writing beatiful code (let’s say POETRY) for many purposes just resembles a huge Bauhaus… which sadly sometimes forgots it’s roots.

Say then that M$ are the Nazis to tear down that Bauhaus? Not so poetic… Just code and $$$ for it.

Flames to /dev/null…

By: Dr.Subrahmanyam Karuturi » Moved to wordpress

Dr.Subrahmanyam Karuturi » Moved to wordpress — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 20:36:23 +0000

[...] At wordpress they say “Code is poetry”. Recently there is a controversy that Microsoft has stolen this tagline. [...]

By: Ozh

Ozh — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 20:51:07 +0000

Of course it’s not. Neither was I serious when I asked for someone to suit MS. It’s just funny and easy bashing that Microsoft steals something (even if they’re not really stealing, but hey, aren’t we supposed to be partial when it’s about them ? :)

By: Dr.Subrahmanyam Karuturi

Dr.Subrahmanyam Karuturi — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 20:07:36 +0000

Is it trademarked? If not anyone can use it. But the credit goes to word press team as they made this tag famous.

By: Ozh

Ozh — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 20:51:03 +0000

Steal, steal ! I’m honoured :)

By: Randy Charles Morin

Randy Charles Morin — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 19:26:09 +0000

BTW, I like the blog. And I really like those chicklets. I hope you don’t mind, if I steal them.

By: Randy Charles Morin

Randy Charles Morin — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 19:25:14 +0000

Yes, but do you love Scoble?

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&rls=GGLG%2CGGLG%3A2005-34%2CGGLG%3Aen&q=hate+scoble+

By: Ozh

Ozh — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:52:25 +0000

Heh :) (No, I've already claimed that I Love Microsoft :)