I don't see how shaders can be seen as a program. A program is a series of coded instructions for the automatic performance of a particular task. Shader nodes are the result of a program and by extension, the shader itself is a result of said program. The program and the result are related, but not the same. Matmatic is a program, poser is a program, shader nodes are tools within the program. A shader therefore is more akin to a recipe than a program.

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