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- From: lionel@cs.city.ac.uk (Lionel Tun)
- Newsgroups: alt.sys.amiga.demos
- Subject: Re: why demos?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep10.093158.25722@city.cs>
- Date: 10 Sep 92 09:31:58 GMT
- References: <1992Sep9.165003.16181@exu.ericsson.se>
- Sender: news@city.cs (News)
- Organization: City University, London
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- In article <1992Sep9.165003.16181@exu.ericsson.se> exuhag@exu.ericsson.se writes:
- >This is not a flame in any way, shape, or form: Why do demo coders do it?
- >Why do they spend years working on programs which most (not all) people
- >watch only a few times and then use solely as an example to show off their
- >Amiga's nifty graphics?
- >
- >I can understand that asthetic aspects. I also have a technical appreciation
- >for seemingly impossible programming feats. I'm hoping for a little
- >explanation of the demo coder philosophy--what exactly is the spark and
- >drive behind this new pseudo-art?
-
- The last word answers it with another question - why do peoply
- produce _art_ at all?
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