Coding vs Programming

Debates center on whether programming is merely coding syntax or encompasses broader elements like architecture, algorithms, domain knowledge, and unambiguous execution, often analogized to writing, art, or literature.

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stephengillie Sep 8, 2018 View on HN

Is programming not defining something with software - encoding physical actions (math) as wordy descriptions (art)?

halayli Jul 18, 2014 View on HN

It depends what you are programming. It's like saying, writing is not poetry.

vojta_letal Dec 9, 2020 View on HN

By "code" mean a syntax/semantics and by "program" architecture/algorithms?

PH95VuimJjqBqy Dec 21, 2023 View on HN

one wonders when code will be thought of as ... code.

Tao3300 Oct 15, 2022 View on HN

It's not computation in a traditional sense, but it's programming of a kind.

_mhr_ Mar 8, 2017 View on HN

How would you prefer to see computers programmed, besides code?

lonelappde Sep 6, 2019 View on HN

Code is data. There is no technical difference, only human interpretative models.

josephagoss Mar 13, 2017 View on HN

What does it mean to practice programming vs just programming?

kayoone Nov 27, 2012 View on HN

We do, just like programming, so whats your point ?

sebazzz Jan 4, 2020 View on HN

You think programming is only about learning syntax?