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by MatthewPhillips 5151 days ago
I have known programmers who talk exactly like that. It's a real thing. The startup craze has attracted a lot of people with a swollen sense of self worth. People who call themselves ninjas and what not.

This is one of the thing that attracts me to Clojure. Rich Hickey is the exact opposite of a brogrammer. He doesn't care about trends, or social mobile appification, he just cares about getting shit done.
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skrebbel 5151 days ago
You're attracted to a programming language because you think its author is cool?

Hm. Makes sense. COBOL, here I come!!

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MatthewPhillips 5151 days ago
I'm attracted to the programming language because the author and I share the same values. I got into programming to create things. Not to have arguments about indentation or semicolons, or to pop my collar at this month's "conf".
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skrebbel 5151 days ago
Still, I wasn't entirely kidding. There's a lot of things about Mrs. Hopper that strongly resonate with me. Putting things into real perspective, being down to earth about everything. Not entirely unlike Hickey, really. Still, she made COBOL. I like Grace Hopper a lot better than I like COBOL. For me, this soft of serves as a counter argument to the idea that sharing values with a fellow creator would imply that I like that person's creations.

Note: I rather much agree with you, Hickey rocks, and the attitude he's broadcasting is very refreshing in today's code ninja heat.

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