Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site reed.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!tektronix!reed!cbenson From: cbenson@reed.UUCP (Jason E. Elliott) Newsgroups: net.general Subject: What are 'hackers' and 'real programmers'? Message-ID: <768@reed.UUCP> Date: Mon, 24-Dec-84 14:06:19 EST Article-I.D.: reed.768 Posted: Mon Dec 24 14:06:19 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 8-Jan-85 02:43:13 EST Organization: Benson High School Escapee Lines: 14 'Cmon guys, I have received an underwhelming number of responses to my query about what 'hackers' and 'real programmers' are. Please mail me any thoughts you have on what makes a 'real programmer' or a 'hacker'. Also, please describe what you think makes a *real* computer. My thought on this matter is that there are no *real* computers yet, because there are no systems that can create matter from energy. :-) In any case, please do send you ideas (as long as they are not too sarcastic). "If it isn't one thing, it's another." Jason E. Elliott