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Re: Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? (2003)

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Post by h2odragon » Fri, Sep 15, 2023, 11:19 AM UTC

avodonosov wrote: post #76

armchairhacker wrote: post #24

Correction: programming language inventor or convicted serial killer

known programmer language inventor (some of the maniacs could have secretly designed prograrming languages too)

Just because they maniacs and did bad things, should we name their private shames too?

Re: Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? (2003)

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Post by thombat » Fri, Sep 15, 2023, 11:32 AM UTC

michael_leachim wrote: post #121

10/10 but the difference is obvious, you just have to look into their eyes. PL designers are a bit weird and not of this world. Serial killers have this spark in their eyes that is really difficult to hide.

Both know where they hid the bodies, but for the designers it's a metaphor for the parts of the language they wish had come out better whereas for the killers it's a source of glee that they outsmarted the police.

Re: Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? (2003)

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Post by borbulon » Fri, Sep 15, 2023, 11:32 AM UTC

I did NOT do well on this quiz. Remind me to run any time someone says they invent programming languages.

Re: Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? (2003)

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Post by spacechild1 » Fri, Sep 15, 2023, 11:33 AM UTC

I can't believe they didn't include Bjarne Stroustrup. https://www.linuxjournal.com/files/linuxjournal.com/linuxjou...

Re: Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? (2003)

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Post by zelphirkalt » Fri, Sep 15, 2023, 11:55 AM UTC

pharrington wrote: post #6

"Established much of the design of COBOL in two weeks" that still doesn't answer the question??

The real question is how many lives were lost, because of COBOL and as such can be indirectly attributed.

Re: Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? (2003)

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Sep 15, 2023, 12:05 PM UTC

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Re: Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? (2003)

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Post by jansan » Fri, Sep 15, 2023, 12:07 PM UTC

spacechild1 wrote: post #134

I can't believe they didn't include Bjarne Stroustrup. https://www.linuxjournal.com/files/linuxjournal.com/linuxjou...

Right, learning C++ was a near death experience for me.

Re: Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? (2003)

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Post by jansan » Fri, Sep 15, 2023, 12:08 PM UTC

casion wrote: post #7

Heh, I knew all the names by the photo... maybe I should leave the house one day.

All names of both categories? Maybe you should stay inside a little longer.

Re: Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? (2003)

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Post by School-Cotton » Fri, Sep 15, 2023, 12:19 PM UTC

neilv wrote: post #34

I know it's a silly game, but I'm slightly uneasy with it. If you remember a time when programming computers was considered nerdy, in a socially discouraged and mocked kind of way (until it became big money)... a game of guessing whether a photo is of a serial killer or a computer programming nerd... might seem a little abusive.

> a time when programming computers was considered nerdy, in a socially discouraged and mocked kind of way

This is still true, regardless of the money.

Re: Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? (2003)

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Post by aatd86 » Fri, Sep 15, 2023, 12:35 PM UTC

isaacfung wrote: post #90

gorgoiler wrote: post #80

Rob Pike, Canadian inventor of Golang, an imperative language with a focus on channel based concurrency …aka a “serial” killer. Sorry.

When ProgrammerHumor mixed with DadJokes

A true dad joke would be about cereal killers. That's a bit too dark.