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Ask HN: Can some code be considered art?

6 points by detokaal ↗ HN
Some code just seems to have an aesthetic appeal on par with physical beauty. You just stare at it going "Wow, that's amazingly brilliant."

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adamzap
Could you give an example?
detokaal
Sure. One of my favorites is still the doctest module in Python library. Elegant is how I would describe it.
chrisaycock
I think many of the quines and polygots out there are beautiful. Plus some of the "code golf" examples, as long as they aren't obfuscated, are usually educational.
mannicken
According to Tolstoy, anything, which transfers emotions of the author could be considered art.
dekomote
I consider coding to be something in between art and industry. Creativity and production.