I think you make a wonderful comment here, but your analogy doesn't hold, I'd sa...

I think you make a wonderful comment here, but your analogy doesn't hold, I'd say. While I applaud the effort going into this, I don't think this works for me. I read "code" for humans completely differently than I do code meant to describe computation (NLS text versus programs, respectively). IOW, there can be no analogy for me.

I think it stems from the way we read Sherlock Holmes as an experience whereas we read a program as an explanation. You cannot substitute an explanation for an experience.