"Concepts and emotions that are not possible to express in other media may be expressed in this medium. Software requires its own terminology and discourse and should not be evaluated in relation to prior media such as film, photography, and painting.

History shows that technologies such as oil paint, cameras, and film have changed artistic practice and discourse, and while we do not claim that new technologies improve art,we do feel they enable different forms of communication and expression.

Software holds a unique position among artistic media because of its ability to produce dynamic form, process gestures, define behavior, simulate natural systems, and integrate various media including sound, image, and text."

Casey Reas and Ben Fry in:

Processing: a programming handbook for
visual designers and artists