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How to be a Programmer

Posted by michael on from the learning-to-like-mountain-dew-and-pizza dept.

Martin L. Smith writes "Rob Read has posted his magnum opus, "How to be a Programmer: A Short, Comprehensive and Personal Summary" to Samizdat Press where it can be scarfed by the masses. Rob's book is a forty-page tour through the million-and-one things he thinks a programmer ought to know as he sets out into deep water. One of the reasons he posted this was to get some feedback, so tell him what you think. Samizdat Press is maintained by the Colorado School of Mines to provide a distribution point for free (mostly earth-sciences related) texts."

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  1. -1 (Delusional Use of Pronoun) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    This essay abuses the English language and insults the programmer-reader with its persistent use of the female singular pronoun, where (actually gender-neutral) "he" would be correct.

  2. SHE?? by brrrrrrt · · Score: 1, Troll

    I stopped reading as soon as I realised he was consistently referring to the programmer as "she"... YECH!