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- From: ell@access4.digex.net (Ell)
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- Subject: Re: Beware of "C" Hackers -- A rebuttal to Bertrand Meyer
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- Date: 16 Mar 1996 02:08:46 GMT
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- Robert C. Martin (rmartin@oma.com) wrote:
- : Lets not softpeddle this. Bertrand didn't just warn managers about C
- : hacker types. In his otherwise excellent book "Object Success" He
- : said this:
- :
- : -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- : PRUDENT HIRING PRINCIPLE: Beware of C hackers.
- :
- : A "C hacker" is somewone who has had too much practice writing
- : low-level C software and making use of all the special techniques and
- : tricks permitted by that language.
- :...
-
- I agree 100% with what Meyer says here.
-
- Elliott
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