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From: steven@mcvax.UUCP (Steven Pemberton)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: Definitions of 'Hacker'
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Date: Wed, 12-Dec-84 06:48:13 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 12 06:48:13 1984
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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.