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From: cik@l.cc.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: Software Technology is NOT Primitive
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Date: Thu, 29-Oct-87 06:28:05 EST
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Posted: Thu Oct 29 06:28:05 1987
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In article <119@babbage.acc.virginia.edu>, mac3n@babbage.acc.virginia.edu (Alex Colvin) writes:
> 
> Is "hacker" being used here in the derogatory sense ("one who makes furniture
> with an axe")?

No.  I am using "hacker" to mean "someone who will use whatever methods are
appropriate, including those which are generally regarded as inappropriate."

-- 
Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907
Phone: (317)494-6054
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