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Number of Coders In Congress To Triple (From One To Three)

Posted by samzenpus on from the small-steps dept.

jfruh writes Last weekend, Tim Berners-Lee said that the UK needs more members of parliament who can code. Well, the most recent U.S. congressional election has obliged him on this side of the Atlantic: the number of coders in Congress has tripled, with the downside being that their numbers have gone from one to three.

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  1. Re:Well that's a start... by MightyYar · · Score: 4, Funny

    They'll be too busy fighting over the space they get in the Capitol basement.

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  2. Re:Well 1 Real One by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Someone needs to tell Tim Berners-Lee that not all programmers agree on things such as patents, copyright, and the colour of the sky.

    Or the spelling of "color"

  3. Re:Well 1 Real One by kwiecmmm · · Score: 3, Funny

    All the "real programmers" do.

    We all know that the color of the sky is: #87ceeb

  4. Re:Well that's a start... by sconeu · · Score: 4, Funny

    <PEDANTIC> main() returns int </PEDANTIC>

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