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From: rcb@rti-sel.UUCP (Randy Buckland)
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Subject: Re: Definitions of 'Hacker'
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Date: Mon, 17-Dec-84 22:38:14 EST
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> Interesting that all the definitions of hacker in the sense of programmer
> were complimentary: they must have been written by people who considered
> themselves hackers! In England (where I come from) I always heard the word
> used as an insult, meaning someone who programs without thinking first.
> 
> Steven Pemberton, CWI, Amsterdam; steven@mcvax.

Personally I prefer to think while programming.

					Randy Buckland
					Research Triangle Institute
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