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Hardware is Cheap, Programmers are ExpensiveOpen in New Window
"Given the rapid advance of Moore's Law, when does it make sense to throw hardware at a programming problem? As a general rule, I'd say almost always. Consider the average programmer salary..." read more »
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Larry Wall on the Zen of Perl 6Open in New Window
"Laziness, impatience, and hubris: the three qualities that make a programmer, according to Larry Wall, the creator of Perl." read more »
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Sneakey Robbers Turn to the Social WebOpen in New Window
Lidija Davis writes about computer programmers at University of California San Diego who recently created 'Sneakey' software; an application that uses a digital image of a key to reproduce an exact read more »
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ASCII Pronunciation Rules for ProgrammersOpen in New Window
Jeff Atwood writes guidelines for ASCII pronunciations that developers so oftent utilize. read more »
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Programmers Don't Read Books -- But You ShouldOpen in New Window
Jeff Atwood writes about his new site in conjunction with Joel Spolsky called stackoverflow, focused on providing answers to developers. He suggests that while their site services programmers who generally don't read this doesn't indicate a distaste for reading on his part - and that a programmer needs to read. read more »
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