&quot;more or less what art meant&quot;<p>To which I reply: Did you actually read the essay? Since you started the ad hominem argument, I feel free to continue in that vein.<p>What is interesting is that most &quot;programming&quot; is exactly &quot;capturing and distilling human experiences using allusions and associations to (re)create those experiences&quot;. What else is coding a front-end to an application that saves time and&#x2F;or labour, and&#x2F;or makes possible things that were, before the program, impossible? An Art, a Craft or a Science? From your very definition, &quot;Art&quot; would be the answer.<p>And yet, you begin your criticism with  &quot;It&#x27;s simply nonsense&quot;