Re: The pleasantry of Lilyponding

[Shane Brandes]

David,

 That is exactly why you are so valuable. You have the code foo that
most of us don't.

S.

On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 10:55 AM, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
> Paul Morris <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Simon Albrecht-2 wrote
>>> It's like a mixture of a logical puzzle and a strategy game, with the
>>> pleasant side effect that it is not just for fun, but you get a result
>>> which can be ported to real life and has an actual use for other people!
>>
>> I think you're right.  I have noticed the following scenario:  I will be
>> working on a particular problem (with LilyPond but also with similar
>> "coding" tasks) and I get a lot of satisfaction out of finally solving it.
>> Then when I tell someone else about it, it doesn't seem like such a big deal
>> to them because they are just focusing on the results and don't appreciate
>> the difficulties in the process.  So I've realized that the satisfaction I
>> get is often proportional to the challenge of the task rather than to the
>> results.  Very much like a logical puzzle or game.
>
> Huh.  We are working at cross-purposes then.  I don't write scores as an
> intellectual challenge.  I rather tend to do scorish stuff on the list
> because I think it should be easy to prove to people that they are
> trivial to do with LilyPond.  Then LilyPond trips me up, and I end up
> dragging it kicking and screaming to the state where it would have been
> easy to do.
>
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> David Kastrup
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