From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,4feb499c05063194 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!nwrdny02.gnilink.net.POSTED!0e8a908a!not-for-mail From: Hyman Rosen User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1 (Windows/20040626) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Artistically creative expression has no role in software design References: <2m2j9gFhf4cpU1@uni-berlin.de> <1090263815.244230@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 07:40:38 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.161.104.46 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny02.gnilink.net 1090309238 68.161.104.46 (Tue, 20 Jul 2004 03:40:38 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 03:40:38 EDT Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2263 Date: 2004-07-20T07:40:38+00:00 List-Id: Nick Roberts wrote: > On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 15:03:34 -0400, Hyman Rosen wrote: >> And that is why all office buildings and bridges look identical. > > But Hyman, the design of Concorde (the aircraft) was driven by its > intended functionality and efficiency concerns, but it was not identical > to other aircraft designs, and most people do not, upon seeing the plane, > say "yuk, what an ugly functional and efficient design!" > > The design of plants and animals by nature (if one looks at it that way) > is forever driven by functionality and efficiency concerns, yet there > are at least some plants and animals which are very beautiful. Who said anything about beauty? I was sarcastically noting that office buildings and bridges are in fact almost never identical, even though their functions are essentially simple - one contains offices and the other spans waterways.