[jmkr]

> But aesthetically, the source code used to construct the latter array is more "readable" than the former.

Not aesthetically, visually.

Article has some pretty great links.

Programming and aesthetics (Art) are probably the two things that itch my mind the most.

There's a certain type of mindset that people that do and participate in creative programming/digital art have in common with other passionate/creative types. Part of it is the discovery, the inquisitiveness, the plasticity, and the unexpected.

In general sarcastic prose. When you focus more on the creative side you get the general purpose dynamic, memory managed languages. Just make something cool. When you focus more on the comp sci side you get the strongly functional languages, Haskell, Ocaml. And if you mix them together you get lisp.