Free Software Magazine: The Fine Art of Computer Programming

“The free software and open source communities are changing what
it means to write code. Specifically, they are extending its
audience from a few fellow employees to, theoretically, anyone in
the world who wants to read it. Code isn’t just
for computers and colleagues anymore and, gradually, we are seeing
the beginnings of a body of literary critics and an appreciative
readership for source code. What is happening is the gradual
realization that reading code can be enjoyable, that code can be
artistic as well as correct, and that in the decades ahead some
coders will emerge as true artists of an exciting new literary
genre. Code is becoming artistic and it’s the free software and
open source movements that are making this possible…”

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