Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uunet!visenix!beattie From: beattie@visenix.UUCP (Brian Beattie) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Wanted: easter eggs Message-ID: <859@visenix.UUCP> Date: 9 Aug 90 15:25:45 GMT References: <9007081641.AA25236@volitans.MorningStar.Com> <101150008@hpcvlx.cv. <26bcf4e8-214.21comp.misc-1@oldcolo.UUCP> Reply-To: beattie@visenix.UUCP (Brian Beattie) Organization: Department of Redundancy Department Lines: 32 In article mikeg@c3.c3.lanl.gov (Michael P. Gerlek) writes: [ [In article <26bcf4e8-214.21comp.misc-1@oldcolo.UUCP>, [ markh@oldcolo.UUCP (Mark Hampson) writes: [ [> I think it is quite amazing that so many programmers are anarchists. [> It would seem to me that people who must work in such an orderly fashion [> would be straight-laced and fly right types. [...] [ [Obviously you haven't worked with many programmers :-) [ [Seriously, although this is well off the subject, a lot of people have [looked into the mindset of the programmer (hacker ethic, need for [control over environment, urge to fight the system on own terms, etc, [etc). Programmers are pretty off-the-wall people, by and large. [Psychologists love us. [ [[ M.P.Gerlek (mikeg@lanl.gov) - [[ Los Alamos Nat'l Lab / Merrimack College - [[ Disclaimer: Yes, Mom, I'll play nice. - [[ "My other machine's an XMP." - The thing to realize is the programming is a creative endeavor and not at all as orderly as the original posting seems to think. In fact many have commented on the similarity between design/programming and architecture if you think of programmers as being akin to architechs you might have a better insight into programming. -- Performance is not a | Brian Beattie (703)471-7552 security requirement. | 11525 Hickory Cluster, Reston, VA. 22090 A nameless | Security Architect | ...uunet!visenix!beattie