Why do you love programming????

I think the reason I love to program is simply because I like to get better at it. I like the feeling you get when you accomplish something new and difficult. I always try to find something just out of my skill range and then learn how to do it. This is what I love about programming, you can never run out of goals that you can set for yourself.

At the moment I''m just starting on a 3D engine, there will be plenty of new things for me to learn and I''m fairly sure I won''t run out of ideas or techniques that I will want to implement. No matter how long you have been programming, there are always new techniques to try and new algorithms to explore; and if you ever do run out of interesting techniques to try you can just invent your own.

-- Kazan - Fire Mountain Games --

I don''t really like the programming process itself as much as I like the feeling I get when I get to see what I have created. I love flipping on my machine, double-clicking on one of my games, and saying, "Wow, look what I made..."

I''m not sure exactly, but I find it kind of fun to code.

- DarkMage139
"Real game developers don't change the rules. Real game developers don't break the rules. Real game developers make the rules!"
"Originality (in games) is the spice of life!"

I like to know how everything works, why it works. I like to know "I made that" or that I''ve got control how thats going to work. I like it when I finally finish something I''ve been working on a while, or fixing a major problem. I suppose that fits into the problem solving aspect then...

J2xC (J. Connolly)

"Then study this: Borg provokes Klingon, Klingon breaks Borg's nose" Belanna Torres, Star Trek Voyager 5.11 "Someone to watch over me"

What other skill holds the potential to create so many things? With programming skills you can create entertainment, education, business, manufacturing control, manufacturing quality, information management, information presentation, medical aids... the list goes on. I can think of no other skillset in the world that is nearly as flexible or encompassing in scope.

That''s why I like programming in general. I like programming games because it''s fun.

For the same reasons I love breathing .

There are only four types of men , RichMan , PoorMan , BeggarMan , Thief........

I do it for the glamor, all those late nights over a keyboard speaking to myself and a vast technical language turns the chicks on something rotten. I have to beat them off with a big stick.

But seriously, I love it becuase I can build things. Its like Lego, but better, there are no razor ship blocks of plastic on the floor to stand on in your bare feet. Wait a minute, there are.

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Carpe Diem

I love figuring out how to make the computer do what I want. Doesn't even need to be usefull, just unique.

I also like the control. I like being able to say, "I wish our routine editor had THIS option. Wait, I'll just go add that!"

E:cb woof!

Edited by - dog135 on June 29, 2000 11:56:41 AM

I enjoy programming because I like to sit back (like many others) after I''ve finished a small project, and see it work. Even when I was expirementing with I/O stuff, where it asks for your name and spits out a funny message with that name in it.

It sounds simple but that''s what programmins all about. The fruits of your labor, and those fruits taste pretty sweet to me.

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Guardian Angel Interactive

Seems we have a couple of megalomaniacs here
Craving power...

J2xC (J. Connolly)

"Then study this: Borg provokes Klingon, Klingon breaks Borg's nose" Belanna Torres, Star Trek Voyager 5.11 "Someone to watch over me"

i love programming because where i''m from, girls love programmers and they give good sex to them if they show them their looooong code files.


really, they do...

dw

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davidw@heehaw.com
neonstar entertainment

Bully, I''d have to agree with you. Since programming languages are constantly changing, you have to keep up with it. Plus it''s just fun to make a computer do exactly what you want it to do

If you code it, they will come...

Commander M
http://commanderm.8m.com
cmndrm@commanderm.8m.com

Hahahahaha! Yes, yes, kneel, computer, kneel! Bow to the almighty progrogrammer! Submit your processor to my will!....
...anyway, I think it''s all those things (except for the girls. that must be a local phenomenon.)

lntakitopi@aol.com | http://www.geocities.com/guanajam

Oh come on we all know why we like programming. We like it because it allows us to prove what we already know... We''re smarter than general populas.

I must agree with chewy


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Game project(s):
www.fiend.cjb.net

yeah, he''s right...
but the girls thing is nice, too... just wait scott, it''ll happen in your town next, i''m sure...

david

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davidw@heehaw.com
neonstar entertainment

Well Now,

The reason I like to program is because
I feel like I''m creating something out of
nothing. I am making an actual computer
Program from lines of text.
WOW what a liberating feeling.

STVOY

Mega Moh Mine!!

chewy, I knew that before I started programming.

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A wise man once said "A person with half a clue is more dangerous than a person with or without one."

Well, I'm not in the same boat as Chewy. Most of my code I don't show to anyone. With the programs I use at work, noone knows that I wrote them unless one of the other programmers mention it. (which they often do, forcing me to show all the features I've put into them)

I program for my own benifit. Not so I can brag about how good I am.

E:cb woof!

Edited by - dog135 on June 29, 2000 7:38:19 PM