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From: zmls04@trc.amoco.com (Martin L. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: REAL PROGRAMMERS
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Date: 29 Sep 90 21:48:40 GMT
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In-reply-to: ts@uwasa.fi's message of 29 Sep 90 10:05:26 GMT

In article <1990Sep29.100526.2667@uwasa.fi> ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) writes:

   The only thing that is true real programming is writing executable
   code directly with a binary editor.  Every other definition is for
   wipms only.  :-) :-) :-)

IMHO Prof Salmi is being unreasonable.  Clearly anyone who could pass the
traditional guru exam of writing a device driver by typing directly into
cc is a real programmer (actually I think the use of a binary <<editor>>
weakens Prof. Salmi's example).  I, as an example, am constructing this
message by rubbing the TXD line on my modem against a battery.
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