programming magic

I've been feeling a lot like Harry Potter lately while writing code. I think it's as close to magic as we're going to get. You have this vessel (that's the computer!) that can do just about anything you tell it to, as long as you communicate with it properly. It reminds me of Hermione's lesson about the pronunciation of "wingardium leviosa." You say it wrong, you get an error. But if you say it right, and you concentrate real hard, you have an elegantly levitating feather and all your other classmates look at you, awestruck, and there's a little trill of orchestrated music in the background. That's how I wish my programming went, at least. Also, there's no dementors in my programming fantasy world.