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		keiferski on June 16, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Advice From An Old Programmer The word art, in the past, was used in the same way that we, today, use craft. So, it's not quite that simple. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art But let's avoid an argument on the semantics of aesthetics and just leave it at that.

stavros on June 16, 2011 [–]

And it still is (X is practising his art).

riffraff on June 17, 2011 | [–]

Or the commonly misunderstood 'state of the art' which appears to mean 'amazing' but actually means 'current best practice in this craft'.

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