Can programmers be called code authors?

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00:00 Can Programmers Be Called Code Authors?
00:13 Accepted Answer Score 13
00:40 Answer 2 Score 7
00:51 Answer 3 Score 5
01:09 Answer 4 Score 1
01:23 Thank you

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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 13

As a programmer myself, I say "why the hell not?" — But I guess that's biased?

However, Merriam-Webster does seem to agree with me as it defines 'author' as: "one that originates or creates" and cites software authors as an example.

So in both my opinion and the accepted definition of the word author, yes, a programmer can be considered an author.

ANSWER 2

Score 7

Yes, but it must be used judiciously and rarely to avoid sounding pretentious.

ANSWER 3

Score 5

Doxygen, a source code documentation system that supports several languages, uses the \author tag to document who authored the code.

Here's a C++ example:

//! \class  GargleBlaster
//! \brief  Alcoholic equivalent of a mugging
//! \author Zaphod Beeblebrox

ANSWER 4

Score 1

Here is an example of poetry in Perl. Flexible syntax allows to write so.

https://gist.github.com/1610861

Yes, programmers can be called code authors.