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From: carroll@s.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: Real programmers
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Date: 20 Jul 89 14:40:00 GMT
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/* Written  6:49 pm  Jul 17, 1989 by ZMLEB@SCFVM.BITNET in s.cs.uiuc.edu:comp.lang.forth */
William J. Bouma <bouma@PURDUE.EDU> writes:
>
>     Look, different languages are good for different things. Real programmers
>     decide based on the application, machine, and what is available which
>     language to use.
>
   Hear, Hear!  This is precisely what I was preparing to say when William
beat me to it.  Language bigots can argue on and on; real programmers choose
their tools and get on with the job.
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The mark of a REAL programmer is the ability to write working code in any
language, and the ability to pick the one that's appropriate and learn it
if [s]he doesn't know it.

Alan M. Carroll                "Oh goody, the Illudium Q-36 Explosive
carroll@s.cs.uiuc.edu           Space Modulator!"
CS Grad / U of Ill @ Urbana    ...{ucbvax,pur-ee,convex}!s.cs.uiuc.edu!carroll