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- From: fergie@netcom.com (B. Scott Ferguson)
- Subject: Re: Beware of "C" Hackers -- A rebuttal to Bertrand Meyer
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- Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 08:34:23 GMT
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- Ell (ell@access4.digex.net) wrote:
- : While agree with Meyer on this point, it's important to note that not all
- : C programmers are bad hackers. Due to the low level aspects of C it is
- : going to attract those who place project implementation above its logical
- : side, those whom worship the computer, etc.
-
- It's not so much worshipping the computer as pacifying the computer
- gods. Blue candles under an altar of empty Coke (tm) cans work
- fairly well, but the memory overrun spirits generally demand dancing
- and sacrifices. Drums are optional, but helpful.
-
- Those lost souls who believe programming can become logical
- offend the computer gods. Woe be the project with 1000 pages of
- elegant Object Oriented Design without a single line of code, for the
- programming spirits will surely curse it.
-
- --
- Scott Ferguson
- fergie@netcom.com
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