LOL, reddit comment

[Joakim via Digitalmars-d]

I was just surfing reddit and this exchange with Walter made me 
LOL, talking about students who learn programming for the first 
time in college:

Walter: Why would you say that? Very few of them actually even 
studied CS - they learned programming on the side. As did I, my 
degree is in mechanical engineering. I learned programming from 
reading DEC reference manuals and annoying my friends with 
idiotic questions like "what's a register?"
Starting programming in college is not too late at all.

Kasper-Hauser: I think it was too late in your case judging from 
the fruits it has borne. D should stand for dumb. I'm convinced 
your're a plant from the mechanical engineering cartel trying to 
dumb down our industry.
http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2tou4y/techs_high_barrier_to_entry_for_the/co171cp

Skimming the guy's other comments now, I guess he's a big Haskell 
fan, and somehow looks down on D.

I've often thought that it's precisely because Walter is not a CS 
grad and has a real engineering background that D is so good, 
particularly since it means he's less likely to go chasing the CS 
fad of the moment.  Also, I'd guess that's where his pragmatic 
bent with the language comes from and must influence his 
particular sense of usability and technical design.  We've 
certainly all heard enough about how Boeing does it, particularly 
when it comes to failsafe reliability. ;)