On Monday I admitted that...

...I'm still of the old school that believes that good programmers are born with that gift. Whilst not necessarily an advocate of 'programming as an art form' I have taught enough students C and low-level programming over the years - probably in excess of 2000 students - to conclude that some have a natural ability in programming and some don't

Yesterday a Slashdot | Where Is The Line Between Programmer And Artist? thread started up. I'm pretty sure this is just coincidence ;-)