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First there was nothing
And then God created light
There was still nothing, but now you could see it. 
>64
Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
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Using that definition however then the words 'art' and 'artist' would no longer have any actual meaning.
After all is not a cake beautiful?
Is not a bridge?
What about a garden full of carefully laid out vegetable rows?
Or a field of corn?
What about a house which has just received a beautifully applied new coat of paint?
On 'This Old House' (TV show) when they replumb one of those old houses and then they display the plumbing in the basement with multiple pipes and cutoff valves to each part of the house that certainly looks beautiful to me.
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I agree. I think by definition, art does not have function. Some of my programming falls into that category, but not intentionally 
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Programming is like a bunch of people whose skills are questionable all painting on the same canvas over several years.
Eventually all you get a brown mud even if van Gogh was one of the first painters.
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first definition in dictionary.com for "artist"
1. a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
not quite a "fit" programming, but
a programmer's "art" could possibly be considered art in the eyes of other programmers.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Pretty much the first criteria of any project I start, or code I write, is that it has to be aesthetic in its architecture and code. It's a goal and real life often enters in, but it is something I always have at the fore when writing code, API's, tests, etc.
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I hear you.
Usually when I start any project, I pseudo code it for clarity and purpose.
That's my art slant. I don't view as such, but sometimes it is.
Similar to mathematics when one wants to simplify an equation.
There are also exceptions when a quick solution is needed and brevity counts. There is art in that sometimes, as well.
Large projects start in much the same way, but with more thought given to naming conventions, data structures, etc. I had one project where I used a lot of hash tables, n-ary trees, command line parsing, 3D computer graphics pseudo programming language with equations. Threw the kitchen sink of my computer science techniques at it. Got it functionally useful in several months, but a few years to cement it for the users. Not sure where the art lives, but I put my heart into it.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Frankly no these days they are scribes trying not to make too many copying errors
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Roberto,
The short answer to this heavy question, before I finish my first cup of morning coffee, is no.
Software programming is a creative work, but not all creative work is considered art. An engineer who designs a bulldozer isn't thought of as an artist. And few, if any people would look at the product and call it art. It may be called a work of art, or state of the art, but that's not the same use of the word. Likewise, writing is a creative art, but authors aren't called artists either.
Generally, art does not have a function beyond viewing or entertaining. That goes to the "work of art" usage, so a chair can be a work of art in terms of its design, but by itself is not art. Programming might possibly create a work of art, though it's fairly rare and something that is more likely to be said by someone within the industry; which is meant as a comment on creative skill.
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It depends on your definition of βartβ.
I like the definitions that say it is an art because itβs a creative process.
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a little too direct as an affirmation. Explain your point of view 
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"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
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