This seems to me like the eternal tech discussion about the beauty of, say, Haskell vs. what it produces in the real world. For some people, the intrinsic elegance of the language is enough, while for others the language is just a means to an end.
While I can perhaps appreciate the perspective that a game of football could be beautiful to someone when there are no shots, to me the movement and positioning and passing are all means to an end: setting up scoring opportunities. In general, I get sort of annoyed by things divorced from reality: math and science need their engineering, programming languages need their killer apps, and football strategies need their goals!
While I can perhaps appreciate the perspective that a game of football could be beautiful to someone when there are no shots, to me the movement and positioning and passing are all means to an end: setting up scoring opportunities. In general, I get sort of annoyed by things divorced from reality: math and science need their engineering, programming languages need their killer apps, and football strategies need their goals!