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    It's my experience that programmers enjoy programming. I imagine that it is how builders feel when they build something wondrous. However unlike builders, it's all still abstract, and adding improvements where none are needed is like adding windows in the basement of a building. Commented Feb 26, 2015 at 16:36
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    @Neil True, and that's the problem - if only they enjoyed building the end-result, rather than building as an end in itself. Then maybe a few projects would get finished :-) Commented Feb 26, 2015 at 16:38
  • We all need to find joy in the elegance of how the program is coded, not just what it does. ;) Commented Feb 26, 2015 at 16:42
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    @Neil and the most elegantly designed programs are coded as if they were baroque cathedrals! Commented Feb 26, 2015 at 16:51
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    Well by elegant I don't mean sophisticated. I mean robust, simple, and easy to read. Commented Feb 26, 2015 at 16:54