On the Wings of Hope : Prose

The Knight of Programming never hastens. Time works for him, and he, knowing that, learns to bridle impatience and avoid rush decisions. His step is slow, yet firm. He feels that the time fate-deciding for the history of humankind is approaching, but before one will be able to change this world, he must first change himself.

There are two main strategic errors - to hasten, having acted earlier than the opportunity will come, and to delay, having missed it. And to avoid both the first and the second the Knight considers each and every program project as unique, and have small use for opinions of others, general formulas and ready recipes.

The Knight of Programming knows such thing as despondency. Sometimes it seems to him that he is unable to solve problems put before him, that a program he is working on will never be finished. For many days and nights he is compelled to stay in depression and no new event can return him former enthusiasm. “His work is ended”, - friends speak. Painfully and shame it’s for a Knight to hear such words, for he knows that have not yet achieved a goal to which he has been moving. However he is persistent and does not throw away half-road what he has once started. And here in a minute when he least expects it the inspiration comes to him and previously impracticable task seems surprisingly simple. And then work once again overwhelms him, and fingers do knock on a keyboard quickly and accurately, and reason finds solutions instantly.

The Knight of Programming knows how important is the intuition. At the height of work, in a fever of project, in a state of short time, when there is no time to reflect on what of many alternative decisions to choose, the Knight acts instinctively. “Madman”, - fans of thinking over each details in advance say about him. “Building castles in the air”, - speak sceptics. “How he can choose something deprived of logic?” - the third are perplexed. But the Knight knows: the intuition is an alphabet by means of which it’s possible to comprehend Dao and thus continues to listen to his inner voice.

The Knight of Programming always aspires to perfection. After every line of his code - there are centuries of wisdom and reflections. Each program, each algorithm must combine all power and quickness of Knights of the past. Each movement of his thought and hands honors those movements which previous generations of Knights tried to transfer to the modern ones through Tradition.

Sometimes the Knight sits with his companions in late evenings in common circle. They tell of successes they have reached on their Path and gladly welcome newly approaching programmers - future Knights, for each of them is proud of own life and participation in a great cause of transformation of this world.

The Knight is trustful. He trusts in miracles - and miracles do happen. He believes that human thought is capable to transform the life - and life of people of this world gradually becomes different.

The Knight of Programming improves the beauty of his code.

The Knight of Programming transforms his mind.

The Knight of Programming learns to build the great.

The Knight of Programming will never curtail from his path.

Knights of Programming shall transform this world.

 * * *

When his voice ceased, there was already night. The Great Programmer and the boy for long have behold the look from a computer center, opening to their eyes.

The Great Programmer stood up.

“Farewell”, - he said. - “Now you have learned what our way means - it’s unseparably merged with magical and attracting world of machines, numbers and technologies. But this is as well a world with noise of wind, shouts of seagulls, rustle of spring foliage - for that is a world in a world so much bigger. You will be able to fall in love with our world”.

“Tell me, who are you?” - the boy asked. But the holographic image of the Great Programmer has been already vanishing, accompanied by a measured rustle and quite buzz of machines.

09.04.2012

Code Truth

bool God = true;

[The God is true]

***

bool difficultQuestion = be | !be;

[To be or not to be]

***

NewLove(woman) > OldLove(woman) ? sleep-- : sleep++;

[The more we love the woman, the less we have to sleep]

***

 (word != sparrow) => (bool catch = FlyOut(word) ? false : true);

[You can’t take back what you say once you’ve said it]

***

 (work != wolf) => (RunTo(work, forest) = false)

[The work will still be there]

***

dirt => king;

[From the dirt with lot of sins – straight to rulers and the kings]

***

Stands(place) && WasHitAt(place) && StillStands(place) => WillBeHitAt(place);

[Don’t stand where you’ve got hit – or you'll be hit once again]

***

BelieveIn(Strength) => Fight;

BelieveIn(Weakness) => Pray;