Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal (1982)
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Re: Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal (1982)
#2A few previous discussions (these are just for curiosity; reposts are ok after a year or so).
2015: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10214480
2015: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9422622
2012: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3585286
From 2018, this has a good comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17105233
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#3> It was largely due to the efforts of thousands of Real Programmers working for NASA that our boys got to the moon and back before the Russkies.
Keep in mind that despite Real Programmers being referred to as "he" throughout the article, the Real Programmer who headed that effort was a "she" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Hamilton_(scientist)
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#4Glad I'm not a real programmer.
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#5"Real programmers aren't afraid of GOTO"
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#6A node in a binary tree was dereferenced by a^.b if I recall.
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#7> It was largely due to the efforts of thousands of Real Programmers working for NASA that our boys got to the moon and back before the Russkies. Keep in mind that despite Real Programmers being referred to as "he" throughout the article, the Real Programmer who headed that effort was a "she" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Hamilton_(scientist)
I'll counter point that she/her is brought up at several points in this piece and, in general, the author seems to avoid using he/she at all, using they often.
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#8This document was written towards one end of my life. I wonder if I look as dated as it does.
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#92010+ version is that real programmers don't use JavaScript. After all, it's a scripting language—don't try to deny it, there's "script" right there in the name—and scripting languages are not real programming languages; it is known.
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#10Real programmers can glance at a plate of spaghetti and tell where each strand of pasta begins and ends. Even when it is covered in bolognese sauce. And cheese. Can you do that with quiche? Thought not.