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- Real Programmers ...
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- Don't eat quiche. Real programmers don't even know how to
- spell Quiche. They like Twinkies, Coke and palate-scorching
- Szechwan food.
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- Real Programmers ...
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- Don't write applications programs. They program right down to
- the bare metal. Applications programs are for dullards who
- can't do systems programming.
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- Real Programmers ...
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- Don't write specs. Users should be grateful for whatever they
- get. They are lucky to get any program at all.
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- Real Programmers ...
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- Don't comment their code. If it was hard to write, it should be
- hard to understand and even harder to modify.
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- Real Programmers ...
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- Don't draw flowcharts. Flowcharts are, after all, the
- illiterate's form of documentation. Cavemen drew flowcharts;
- look how much it did for them.
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- Real Programmers ...
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- Don't read manuals. Reliance on a reference is a hallmark of
- the novice and the coward.
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- Real Programmers ...
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- Don't use Cobol. Cobol is for wimpy applications programmers.
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- Real Programmers ...
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- Don't use Fortran. Fortran is for wimpy engineers who wear
- white socks pipe stress freaks, and crystallography weenies.
- They get excited over finite state analysis and nuclear reactor
- simulation.
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- Real Programmers ...
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- Don't use PL/I. PL/I is for insecure momma's boys who can't
- choose between Cobol and Fortran.
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- Real Programmers ...
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- Don't use LOGO. In fact, *no* programmers use LOGO after
- reaching puberty.
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- Real Programmers ...
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- Don't use APL, unless the whole program can be written on one
- line.
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- Real Programmers ...
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- Don't use LISP. Only effemitate programmers use more
- parentheses than actual code.
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- Real Programmers ...
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- Don't use Pascal, Bliss, ADA or any of those sissy-pinko
- computer science languages. Strong typing is a crutch for
- people with weak memories.
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- Real Programmers ...
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- Never work 9 to 5. If any real programmers are around at 9
- a.m. it's because they were up all night.
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- Real Programmers ...
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- Don't play tennis or any other sport which requires a
- change of clothes. Mountain climbing is ok, and real
- programmers often wear climbing boots to work in case a
- mountain should suddenly spring up in the middle of the
- machine room.
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- Real Programmers ...
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- Disdain structured programming. Structured programming is
- for compulsive, prematurely toilet-trained neurotics who wear
- neckties and carefully line up sharpened pencils on an
- otherwise uncluttered desk.
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- Real Programmers ...
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- Don't like the team programming concept. Unless, of course, they
- are the Chief Programmer.
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- Real Programmers ...
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- Have no use for managers. Managers are a necessary evil.
- Managers are for dealing with personnel bozos, bean counters,
- senior planners and other mental defectives.
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- Real Programmers ...
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- Scorn floating point arithmetic. The decimal point was invented
- for pansy bedwetters who are unable to "think big".
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- Real Programmers ...
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- Don't drive clapped-out Mavericks. They prefer BMWs,
- Lincolns or pick-up trucks with floor shifts. Fast
- motorcycles are highly regarded.
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- Real Programmers ...
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- Don't believe in schedules. Planners make up schedules.
- Managers "firm up" schedules. Frightened coders strive to
- meet schedules. Real programmers ignore schedules.
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- Real Programmers ...
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- Like vending machine popcorn. Coders pop it in the microwave
- oven. Real programmers use the heat given off by the cpu. They
- can tell what job is running just by listening to the rate of
- popping.
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- Real Programmers ...
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- Know every nuance of every instruction and use them all in every
- real program. Puppy architects won't allow execute
- instructions to address another execute as the target
- instruction. Real programmers despise such petty restrictions.
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- Real Programmers ...
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- Don't bring brown bag lunches to work. If the vending machine
- sells it, they eat it. If the vending machine doesn't sell it,
- they don't eat it. Vending machines don't sell quiche.
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