Edit: I am curious if we see the same element, however. It seems to me that that element is aptly summarized as “writing a program that cannot fail spectacularly when used by someone who doesn’t understand it is a tremendous challenge—one which is necessary to face, but one which has stood against the combined best efforts of at least a generation of programmers.”
I would agree, on reflection.
Edit: I am curious if we see the same element, however. It seems to me that that element is aptly summarized as “writing a program that cannot fail spectacularly when used by someone who doesn’t understand it is a tremendous challenge—one which is necessary to face, but one which has stood against the combined best efforts of at least a generation of programmers.”