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Re: Structured Coding: Real Programmers & Quiche

Peter Lacey

2006-02-08, 8:52 am

Donald Tees wrote:
>
> Alistair wrote:
> Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal
> [ A letter to the editor of Datamation, volume 29 number 7, July 1983.
> I've long ago lost my dog-eared photocopy, but I believe this was
> written (and is copyright) by Ed Post, Graphic Software Systems,
> Wilsonville OR USA.
> The story of Mel is a related article. ]
> Back in the good old days-- the "Golden Era" of computers-- it was easy
> to separate the men from the boys (sometimes called "Real Men" and
> "Quiche Eaters" in the literature). During this period, the Real Men
> were the ones who understood computer programming, and the Quiche Eaters
> were the ones who didn't. A real computer programmer said things like

Brilliant, Donald!

PL

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