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by baldfat 3931 days ago
This is a great sarcasm piece that seems timeless.

"Real Programmers can write five-page-long DO loops without getting confused."

"Real Programmers don't need comments -- the code is obvious."

"If you can't do it in FORTRAN, do it in assembly language. If you can't do it in assembly language, it isn't worth doing."

"At a funeral, the Real Programmer is the one saying ``Poor George. And he almost had the sort routine working before the coronary.''