Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!apple.com!rmh From: rmh@apple.com (Rick Holzgrafe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: The programming CULT Message-ID: <9441@goofy.Apple.COM> Date: 26 Jul 90 18:50:43 GMT References: <90206.152308GROSSPA@QUCDN.BITNET> Sender: usenet@Apple.COM Organization: Apple Computer, Inc. Lines: 50 In article <90206.152308GROSSPA@QUCDN.BITNET> GROSSPA@QUCDN.QueensU.CA (SPLAT) writes: > As many of you probably know, mac programming has reached nearly cult-like > status . At the developers conference I was in a huge room with thousands of > people chanting "MOOF MOOF MOOF". I wasn't there. I am far too dignified to chant "MOOF" (in public. In private, however, I always moof cheerfully back to Clarus the DogCow on the splash screen of the technotes stack.) > Question 1 - Why is it that most of the really good mac programmers I met are > rarely CS grads. Lots of physics guys, some math, some arts etc. (I have > however met some REAL hotshot CS grad programmers in Cupertino) Beats me. My degree's in philosophy. > Question 2 - What is the difference between a Geek and a Nerd?. I think a > Nerd LIKES unix. Careful; *I* like Unix. I just like the Mac better. In my opinion, a nerd can't help it; a geek deliberately pursues geekiness. I'm a geek, and *fiercely* proud of it. > Question 3 - Do the people who work for/at Apple really have as much fun as > they say they do? In article <9429@goofy.Apple.COM> blob@apple.com (Brian Bechtel) writes: > It's the most fun you can have with your pants on. Not so. Jazz is the most fun you can have with your pants on. Mac programming comes next. (The comments at the head of my source files, left by my predecessor, say "Making your life easier, by making ours a living hell." But I still can't believe they pay me to do this all day long. ) > Question 4 - Are valley girls real? Yup. > Peter Gross > Queen's University > Kingston, Canada :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) Rick Holzgrafe | {sun,voder,nsc,mtxinu,dual}!apple!rmh Software Engineer | AppleLink HOLZGRAFE1 rmh@apple.com Apple Computer, Inc. | "All opinions expressed are mine, and do 20525 Mariani Ave. MS: 77-A | not necessarily represent those of my Cupertino, CA 95014 | employer, Apple Computer Inc."