I think you're misinterpreting what I meant. I was not trying to diminish the cultural importance of any other medium of expression. What I was getting at is that I feel the unique thing about programming is that the gap between thought and effect on the world is as small as can be. That it maps my thoughts onto external effects as directly and immediately as humanly possible. You can disagree if you like, but I'd appreciate it if you didn't baselessly accuse me of being uncultured.