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  2. From: ell@access1.digex.net (Ell)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.c,comp.object,comp.software-eng
  4. Subject: Re: Portability of code & skills (Beware of "C" Hackers etc)
  5. Followup-To: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.c,comp.object,comp.software-eng
  6. Date: 20 Mar 1996 04:27:43 GMT
  7. Organization: The Universe
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  9. References: <31494D29.4D4B@dmu.ac.uk> <DoG3HE.48E@assip.csasyd.oz> <4ikb6kINN1is@mayne.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca>
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  12.  
  13. : Don Harrison <donh@syd.csa.com.au> wrote:
  14. :  >...
  15. :  >Aside from the historical argument, could another reason be that people
  16. :  >love power and permissive languages such as C give such power? The trouble
  17. :  >is, of course, that most people don't handle power responsibly because we
  18. :  >are selfish by nature. Our short-sighted selfishness is manifested in 
  19. :  >programming as hacking.
  20.  
  21. For myself, I agree that much of "_bad_" hacking involves "short-sighted
  22. selfishness". 
  23.  
  24. Elliott
  25.