Reminds me of the relationship Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had with Sherlock Holmes.
Doyle despised writing Sherlock stories and did not consider them serious fiction. At one point he killed Sherlock, only to revive him years later because of popular demand.
Today there are societies and museums around the world dedicated to the great detective.
I'm sure there are lots of people that have built complex and worthy stuff that make their money with silly and transient stuff that feel the same way about their code.
It's heartbreaking Doyle couldn't step outside of himself to see what a wonder he had created. I didn't read them until I was an adult and was astonished at the contrast with the Rathbone Holmes movies I'd seen as a kid. The Holmes stories deserve their immortality because not only are they well-written, they approach genius.
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Reminds me of the relationship Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had with Sherlock Holmes.
Doyle despised writing Sherlock stories and did not consider them serious fiction. At one point he killed Sherlock, only to revive him years later because of popular demand.
Today there are societies and museums around the world dedicated to the great detective.
I'm sure there are lots of people that have built complex and worthy stuff that make their money with silly and transient stuff that feel the same way about their code.
It's heartbreaking Doyle couldn't step outside of himself to see what a wonder he had created. I didn't read them until I was an adult and was astonished at the contrast with the Rathbone Holmes movies I'd seen as a kid. The Holmes stories deserve their immortality because not only are they well-written, they approach genius.
Tintin is another example. Herge, the author, had a love/hate relationship with his detective character.