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That would be a valid comparison, if you would not restrict yourself to
WORKING computer programs. I completely agree that there is virtually zero
interest in computer programs that are merely random sequences of
instructions. (Or, if we are considering programs in a high-level
language, and we would restrict ourselves to programs that actually
compile, programs that are obtained by randomly applying the production
rules of the grammar describing the language to generate a valid
program.)

It is the fact that a computer program does something that would make it
different from garbage. Or the fact that a book tells a story, rather than
just being a jumble of random words. An extremely small fraction of
possible programs or possible books fit that requirement indeed. These are the jewels of information tschnology or litterature, like the Mad-Queen game is a diamond amongst the Chess variants.