Hey Phigan!

On Fri, Dec 26 2025 20:56:38 -0600, you wrote:

If you were to paint a picture, does that automatically make you a
painter or an artist?

No, and I think that was kind of the whole point I was alluding to in
this conversation?

Regards,
Nick

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Re: Re: pros and cons
By: Accession to phigan on Sat Dec 27 2025 07:58 am

If you were to paint a picture, does that automatically make you a
painter or an artist?

No, and I think that was kind of the whole point I was alluding to in
this conversation?

You were saying it's not programming because you wouldn't call yourself a programmer. Just because you write a program doesn't mean you're a programmer much like just because you paint a picture doesn't mean you're an artist/painter.

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Hey phigan!

On Sat, 27 Dec 2025 11:26:48 -0700, you wrote:

You were saying it's not programming because you wouldn't call yourself
a programmer. Just because you write a program doesn't mean you're a programmer much like just because you paint a picture doesn't mean
you're an artist/painter.

If you're trying to get absolutely technical here, I said that a bash (or batch) script that changes directories a few times and runs already compiled programs, isn't programming.. and in my opinion, can't be ligitimately called a "program," either. So, I never really wrote a program in the first place, in order to call myself a programmer.

Therefore, your comparison is a wee bit off. Take it how you want, and if you want to compare apples to *broccoli, that's up to you.

* Yes, I used broccoli instead of oranges to avoid you comparing the two as both being fruit.

Regards,
Nick

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Re: pros and cons
By: Accession to phigan on Sat Dec 27 2025 01:16 pm

* Yes, I used broccoli instead of oranges to avoid you comparing the two as both being fruit.

A program is a set of instructions and a bash script is a set of instructions. That makes em a bit closer to eachother than apples and broccoli ;),

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