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Culture of UNIX and Windows Programmers

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the get-your-juices-going dept.

bebonzo writes "Joel Spolsky, 'Joel on Software' has an interesting review of Eric S. Raymond's book about 'The Art of UNIX programming'. Quote:"What are the cultural differences between Unix and Windows programmers? There are many details and subtleties, but for the most part it comes down to one thing: Unix culture values code which is useful to other programmers, while Windows culture values code which is useful to non-programmers." About slashdot: "slashdot-karma-whoring sectarianism..."" He's harsh on some points, but pretty on the money. Except about us. Nobody karma whores. Update Note to self, never post before coffee. Yes, its a dupe. get over it.

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  1. Deja vu by Zayin · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That article..... Looked just like another one just before it...

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  2. Let's dupe the dupes by vierja · · Score: 0, Redundant
    hehe

    Since it looks it's accepted in Slashdot, I'll dupe the other readers' dupes:

    article is duped!

    CmdrTaco, what were you thinking about when you accepted the submission? hehe :-)

  3. Re:Nothing like... by EvilAlien · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I love the smell of a dupe in the morning... smells like CmdrTaco.

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