I’ve been thinking recently about how some people have jobs that most everyone can “understand” more or less – we all know kinda sorta what a teacher or a policeman does – while others work in areas that are virtually inaccessible to the general public. I’m often reminded how little my family and closest friends understand about how I spend my days.
So Paul Ford of Businessweek has written this colossal, 38,000-word article “What Is Code” that attempts to bridge that gap. I’m not sure it succeeds (or that any article could) but it’s a fine attempt and a damn good read. Even for coders. It took hours to get through, and reading is not generally how I like to spend my weekend time, but it was time very well spent. Super recommend.
That JVMVM bit had me almost destroy my computer screen and keyboard with IPA.
Michael, say more please – what ticked you off?
Are you utilizing this idiom: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/tick+off or is there another idiom I am unaware of? I was unable to interpret this question.
Yes – you appeared to be annoyed by his coverage of JVMVM. I’m asking what about it annoyed you.
No, I meant that it made me laugh! =]
Oh! Well that’s very different. Nevermind :)
Yeah I meant to say “thanks for posting, this was very amusing and might be a great article to show to people I know who don’t do any programming” but somehow ultimately ended up leaving that part out. I blame the aforementioned IPA for this!
Haha! Yeah, anyway, I thought it was a really well done piece.