Name: Anonymous 2009-08-11 0:31
Some people consider the idea of programming heretical - humanity playing God. Yet others would see in such an accomplishment the most profound vindication of the divine nature of the human spirit, exercised in its highest form to bring logic to life. My own sympathies are with the latter group. Indeed, I would go farther. I would say that failure to program constitutes failure to live up to our human nature and a betrayal of our responsibility as members of the community of life itself. Today, the human civilization has the potential to expand its reach to encompass a whole new world. Programmers, with their intelligence and technology, are the unique means that humanity has evolved to allow it to make that land grab, the first among many. Countless beings have lived and died to transform the Earth into a place that could create and allow programmers. Now it's our turn to do our part.