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When I got out of school, I thought I was the best programmer in the world. I could write an unbeatable tic-tac-toe program, use five different computer languages, and create 1000-line programs that WORKED. (really!) Then I got out into the Real World. My first task in the Real World was to read and understand a 200,000-line Fortran program, then speed it up by a factor of two. Any Real Programmer will tell you that all the Structured Coding in the world won\u2019t help you solve a problem like that\u2014it takes actual talent. Ed Post, from “Real Programmers Don’t Use Pascal”<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I got out of school, I thought I was the best programmer in the world. 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