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Goofy analogyGoofy analogyPosted Sep 14, 2006 2:38 UTC (Thu) by autarch (subscriber, #22025)Parent article: Where have all the reviewers gone? I just have to comment on that analogy to writing music. Most people who learn an instrument, in particular a classical instrument, will never write any music. In the classical world, composition is generally a separate discipline.
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Goofy analogy Posted Sep 14, 2006 10:15 UTC (Thu) by jonth (subscriber, #4008) [Link] Think about it the other way around: How many composers can you think of who are unable to play any instrument?
Goofy analogy Posted Sep 14, 2006 10:17 UTC (Thu) by tykepenguin (subscriber, #4346) [Link] I can (but won't) name two.
Mind you, they write rubbish ;-)
Goofy analogy Posted Sep 14, 2006 13:31 UTC (Thu) by NRArnot (subscriber, #3033) [Link] In another way it's a good analogy. I can't compose music like Chopin, but I can notice that a note in the sheet music is a wrong one. When I did, comparison with another edition revealed that it was a copyist's error, but composers' manuscripts themselves often show plenty of corrections. Being a great composer doesn't always mean an unerring ability to write down every note as intended first time.
And programming is exactly like that. A mere student can spot a bug that an experienced programmer will miss, because the experienced programmer knows what the code ought to be doing without studying the fine detail, and the student does not.
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