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From: oster@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu (David Phillip Oster)
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Subject: Re: It's time to update the "Real Programmers" list
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Date: 28 Nov 89 08:19:29 GMT
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In article <89331.215855CMH117@PSUVM.BITNET> CMH117@PSUVM.BITNET (Charles Hannum) writes:
_>In article <7891@ttidca.TTI.COM>, sorgatz@ttidca.TTI.COM ( Avatar) says:
_>>
_>>In article <1989Nov17.140521.1645@eng.umd.edu> russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T.
_>>Russotto) writes:
_>>+Assembly?  Real Programmers don't use Assembly.  Real programmers
_>>+toggle their programs in on the front panel switches if available,
_>>+otherwise they bite the bullet and use octal.
_>>+
_>> OCTAL?!! You mean BYTE-OCTAL! and..
_>>
_>> ..You kids are too young to remember this, BUT:
_>>
_>> "Real Programmers can PATCH programs on paper tape!"
_>>
_>>   (I actually used to do this...no kidding!)
_>
_>Obviously, Real Programmers are fools.  I use a debugger integrated into my
_>compiler.  With it, I can look at or change the values of variables, even
_>inside structures, and all sorts of other nifty things.

_>I guess the difference between me and a Real Programmer is that I actually
_>get some work done.
_>- Charles Martin Hannum II       "Klein bottle for sale ... inquire within."
_>  cmh117@psuvm.{bitnet,psu.edu}  "No noozzzz izzz netzzzsnoozzzzz..."
_>  c9h@psuecl.{bitnet,psu.edu}    "Mem'ry, all alone in the moonlight ..."

Real programmers measure their productivity in NSLOC: Negative Source
Lines of Code:
"Here boss, this yard of printout was the whole system last month. This
inch of printout is the system today. Less to maintain, runs faster, and
now it fits on a 90k Atari 800 floppy. Hand over that raise."

> The mac is a detour in the inevitable march of mediocre computers.
> drs@bnlux0.bnl.gov (David R. Stampf)
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