Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site bunker.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!ittvax!bunker!garys From: garys@bunker.UUCP (Gary M. Samuelson) Newsgroups: net.cse Subject: Re: Re: Where have all the hackers gone? Message-ID: <633@bunker.UUCP> Date: Mon, 17-Dec-84 11:15:58 EST Article-I.D.: bunker.633 Posted: Mon Dec 17 11:15:58 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 19-Dec-84 00:41:18 EST References: <3137@utah-cs.UUCP> <629@bunker.UUCP> <4721@rochester.UUCP> Organization: Bunker Ramo, Trumbull Ct Lines: 15 > Mr. Samuelson seems to think writing code > because you enjoy it somehow destroys your discipline [and] that it is > incompatible with coding well. (Actually I apologize for putting > words in your mouth, a lot of messages with this gist have been > coming through). I accept your apology; you did indeed put words in my mouth. To do anything well requires both discipline and enjoyment. Although an abundance of either can make up for some lack of the other, it's best to have both. (Interesting that you accuse me of unjustly disparaging hackers and the next response suggests that I AM a hacker.) Gary Samuelson