Repost: What Makes a Program Elegant?

In a recent issue of the Communications of the ACM, there was a short article titled, What Makes a Program Elegant?  I found it an interesting discussion that has summarized well the characteristics in elegant programming: minimality, accomplishment, modesty, and revelation.  Revelation is one that I had not considered before, but I think it is most important of all.  There are some code sequences that I have written, which the elegance has rested most of all on its revelation.  Using and showing some aspect of computers and programming that I have never seen before, or revealing that there is a modest way to accomplish something new or differently.