In fact, there are autism clusters, you know, around some of the big tech centers. You take two socially awkward computer programmers and put them together, that can kind of concentrate the autistic genes.
I think that computer programming shows in my writing. Often when I write about computer programmers I'll write about the way that they see the world and they structure the world.
I'd make people say 'use Fork;' if I thought I could get away with it.
As pointed out in a followup, Real Perl Programmers prefer things to be visually distinct.
We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.
In the beginning, there were Real Programmers.
An initial underscore already conveys strong feelings of magicalness to a C programmer.
Programmers can be lazy.
You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.
If you think about computer programming, it's as antisocial as it gets.
Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris.
