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From: john@newave.UUCP (John A. Weeks III)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: MEL - A *Real* Programmer
Keywords: Real Programmer, Hacker
Message-ID: <504@newave.UUCP>
Date: 1 Nov 90 04:18:24 GMT
References: <7380.271c3129@ccvax.ucd.ie> <1990Oct23.235720.16178@nas.nasa.gov> <1990Oct25.170925.15756@oswego.Oswego.EDU>
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In article <1990Oct25.170925.15756@oswego.Oswego.EDU> dab@oswego.Oswego.EDU (Dave Bozak) writes:

>I have this scrap of paper on my desk.  [...]

>	Thou shalt make thy program's purpose and structure clear to thy
>	fellow man by using a familiar style, even if thou likest it not,
>	for thy creativity is better used in solving problems than in
>	creating beautiful new impediments to understanding.

This is from Henry Spenser's 10 Commandments For C Programmers.

I have not seen it posted recently...but it is a must have gem.

-john-

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