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From: coller@utah-cs.UUCP (Lee D. Coller)
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Subject: Re: Programming vs. marks vs. initiative vs. hackers...
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Date: Thu, 13-Dec-84 13:34:56 EST
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Charles Neveau asks for a definition of a hacker.  I've included two.

Hacker (definition used by the media) - A crook who gets his jollies from
stealing credit card numbers out of TRW, etc.  This person should be
locked up.

Hacker (my definition) - A person who can sit down in front of a
terminal and "hack" code.  This person often produces code that only
that person can understand.  This person also likes to work nites and
prefers computers to people (:-).

Am I a hacker?  No.
Would I hire a hacker?  Probably not.

Lee Coller
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