Can't We Have Nice Things?

A fictitious letter to "Kode Vicious" is presented, which asks why computer code can't be considered a beautiful scientific apparatus.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 68; no. 8; pp. 24 - 26
Main Author:	Neville-Neil, George V.
Format:	Article
Published:	Association for Computing Machinery Aug2025
Subjects:	Coding theory Computer programming Computer programmers
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

Description
Summary:	A fictitious letter to "Kode Vicious" is presented, which asks why computer code can't be considered a beautiful scientific apparatus.