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Thinking of code in this way sometimes makes me think of Peter Brook's great, great book on the theatre, "The Empty Space". (I apologize for the analogy if it makes no sene to you - I do theatre sometimes, so it's on my mind.) Brook distinguishes between the Deadly, the Holy, the Rough, and the Immediate Theatre. In the Deadly theatre, the shape is right - everything is objectively done by coping previous, established productions, but it is lifeless and uninspired. The Holy theatre makes "the invisible visible", and imparts deeper spiritual truths to the audience. It's immediately recognizable if you've been so lucky as to be in its presence. The Rough theatre is popular theatre, less focussed on style but to make "joy and laughter" as it organically transforms characters and plot into stagecraft. The Immediate theatre is about the live, direct relationship between the actors and the audience, leaving room for improvisation and variation. I'll leave you to apply these concepts to code you've seen.