The Pleasures of Reading Computer Code

<p>As Wilson noted, many of these recipes were incredibly ornate &mdash; like a lamb korma by Madhur Jaffrey &ldquo;with an ingredient list that goes on for more than a page&rdquo;. So they weren&rsquo;t necessarily the meals you&rsquo;d immediately rush out to make. Indeed, you might never make them at all.</p> <p>Even so, as Wilson argued, merely reading such sumptuous, byzantine recipes serves another purpose: They &ldquo;stimulate our imagination&rdquo;.</p> <p>It&rsquo;s fun to imagine &mdash; &ldquo;hmmm, what would be it be like&nbsp;<em>if</em>&nbsp;I made this dish? How much fun would it be? What would the tricky parts be, and what new skills would it require?&rdquo;</p> <p>read more&nbsp; -&nbsp;https://medium.com/@clivethompson/the-pleasures-of-reading-computer-code-d433b5bbe869</p>
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