Klarinet Archive - Posting 000637.txt from 2002/09
From: w9wright@-----.net (William Wright) Subj: RE: [kl] My attempt to formalize (more comment please?) Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 15:02:45 -0400
<><> Mark=A0Charette wrote:
Wow! A definition of the "best" computer code!
Don't try that trick on any computer language news/mail group - the
fires of hell pale next to what you'll get back from those folk ...
<very big grin> You mean that music isn't the only human pursuit where
absolute statements are criticized?
But seriously, I don't contend that a certain type of code _is_ best.
Rather, I notice that many people pursue portability (which is one of
the basic reasons that compilers exist) and universality in many varied
activities; and in this sense, some people who play music dislike
extremism in the opposite direction.
Lastly, I am _not_ proposing a universal rule.... which is why I
prefaced both posts with "partly in jest". But I wanted to highlight
that music, like any other activity, can go too far in one exlusionary
direction and can effectively become "inbred" and "out of touch."
Cheers,
Bill
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