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Lo que los programadores y m??sicos tienen en com??n | engineering that system! — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 03:22:27 GMT

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re:The relationship between programming and music.

TrackBack — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 13:20:00 GMT

^_^,Pretty Good!

re: The relationship between programming and music.

Illumineo — Mon, 16 Feb 2004 07:27:00 GMT

Ever had a close look at mainframe programmers? Think a 'programmer' is something of the past, there is nowadays such a wide spectrum of programming styles that it's difficult to generalize things. But to some extend - yes, there is a connection. An age-old similar discussion goes about music and maths. But no analysis has ever been conclusive. There are probably as many examples as counter-examples.

Programming and Music!

TrackBack — Sat, 15 Nov 2003 06:21:00 GMT

The relationship between programming and music.

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re: The relationship between programming and music.

Carl Franklin — Fri, 14 Nov 2003 23:53:00 GMT

Instrumentalists in particular (guitar players for example) make great programmers. It's not just about math and music being similar, or the fundamentals vs the art. Instrumentalists have to zoom in to work with very repetitive technical details, and so become very focused - like a guitar player practicing a piece of music at a slow speed. But, the best programmers are able to then zoom out and see the big picture, and where their coding fits into the whole project, much like an artist has to step back from a painting and see the whole of it, or an instrumentalists has to produce something that communicates a complete work, not just the scales and technical aspects of it.

re: The relationship between programming and music.

SBC — Fri, 14 Nov 2003 22:15:00 GMT

I recall reading an article quite a few years ago in which Bill Gates stated that musicians make good programmers. In my personal experience over the years, I have encountered quite a few musicians who were very good programmers. (One was a graduate of the New England Conservatory in Boston).

re: The relationship between programming and music.

Darren Neimke — Fri, 14 Nov 2003 21:43:00 GMT

It's funny that this post should appear; just yesterday we had a show of hands within the team to see who played what type of musical instruments. I don't think (from memory) that any of the guys in the team were non-muso's

re: The relationship between programming and music.

Dave Burke — Fri, 14 Nov 2003 21:23:00 GMT

Welcome to asp.net weblogs, Rob!

Yeah, I've thought of this over the years. I received my bachelor's in Music Composition and before even getting the diploma was taking computer programming classes to "make a living" after graduation.

I immediately saw what I liked about computer programming and, secondarily, about math. A program either works or it doesn't. Music is all subjective. You can be a fantastic musician or write a killer music composition yet the listener (i.e., user) would just say, "eh!"

Of course, the more you write code the more you see the beauty in what makes a quality program and it often lies behind the scenes that a user doesn't see. Therefore its so much like sitting alone in a practice room for hours everyday pleased with accomplishments that only you can appreciate. Knowing you're doing it better than the day before is enough.

One parallel that always sticks with me was when my jazz professor told me about scales and their relationship to improvisation. He said, "you learn scales so you can forget them!" That is so true as a coder, learning basic syntax, structure, and form so you can forget them and move to the next level.

Enjoyed your post.