Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rti-sel.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!mcnc!rti-sel!rcb From: rcb@rti-sel.UUCP (Randy Buckland) Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: Definitions of 'Hacker' Message-ID: <46@rti-sel.UUCP> Date: Mon, 17-Dec-84 22:38:14 EST Article-I.D.: rti-sel.46 Posted: Mon Dec 17 22:38:14 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 20-Dec-84 01:19:22 EST References: <2612@dartvax.UUCP> <121@vax2.fluke.UUCP> <429@ut-sally.UUCP> <6236@mcvax.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Research Triangle Institute, NC Lines: 12 > 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 ...!mcnc!rti-sel!rcb