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- From: rmartin@oma.com (Robert C. Martin)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.c,comp.object,comp.software-eng
- Subject: Re: Beware of "C" Hackers -- A rebuttal to Bertrand Meyer
- Followup-To: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.c,comp.object,comp.software-eng
- Date: 18 Mar 1996 16:23:10 GMT
- Organization: Object Mentor
- Message-ID: <RMARTIN.96Mar18102310@rcm.oma.com>
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- In-reply-to: ell@access4.digex.net's message of 16 Mar 1996 02:08:46 GMT
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- In article <4id7re$2k5@news4.digex.net> ell@access4.digex.net (Ell) writes:
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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.
-
- You agree 100% with what? Dr. Meyer's definition of a hacker? What
- is "too much practice"? What is "low-level C software"? What are the
- "special techniques and tricks"?
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