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- From: bellew@ix.netcom.com (Leo Bellew)
- 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
- Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 08:15:17 GMT
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- Maybe this was just a joke on Bertrand's part. I certainly thought so.
- I mean, who would not hire someone who can get something done. :-)
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- Leo
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- On 18 Mar 1996 16:23:10 GMT, rmartin@oma.com (Robert C. Martin) wrote:
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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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