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[Georg Wrede]

John Reimer wrote:
> In article <43FFBB0A.9080007 at nospam.org>, Georg Wrede says...
> 
> 
>> Heh, I read the article, and found myself agreeing with every point
>> in it.
>> 
>> Kernel work is such a serious thing that the faint should be gotten
>> rid of as fast as possible. And the bit about not having a debugger
>> forces you to think what the _program_ does vs. what a single line
>> of code does, was just succinctly said.
>> 
>> At the end I found it signed Linus. I was proud to have agreed on
>> the points, and I was ashamed to not having noticed the author's
>> name right at the top.
>> 
>> ---
>> 
>> Now, D is IMHO an excellent First Language. And some people really
>> seem to find debuggers useful. Personally I never use them, because
>> I find myself distracted and concentrating on the debugger instead
>> of thinking of the problem.
>> 
>> With D, let folks have debuggers if they want. But to become a real
>> programmer, one should learn to bike without the baby wheels.
>> 
>> Then again, not everybody should even try to become a Real
>> Programmer. Even the VB crowd can find jobs suitable for them. In
>> the future, also in D.
> 
> You mention a lot of pride here.  Are you from Finland, by any
> chance, Georg? ;)
> 
> I see you share more than one thing in common with Linus to be proud
> of. :)
> 
> Otherwise, I'm sure your opinion is worth its weight... besides the
> ticklish jab at what consitutes a "Real Programmer."

Crap! You've exposed me! Now I can't say anything positive about Linus 
without everyone getting suspicious!