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by fiberhood 1314 days ago
Paul Graham explains it in his essays [1]

Dan Ingalls is the best example of a true top programmer [2][3] (and all his 50 years or programmes can be examined [7]).

Alan Kay [4] wrote extensively about good programmers. [5][6]

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[1] http://www.paulgraham.com/articles.html

[2] https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=dan+...

[3] https://codersatwork.com/dan-ingalls.html

[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Kay#Reinventing_programmi...

[5] http://www.vpri.org/pdf/rn2006002_nsfprop.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20130508090431/http://www.vpri.o...

[6] The STEPS papers and most of the others at http://www.vpri.org/writings.php

[7] https://smalltalkzoo.thechm.org/