the best programmers

Submitted by manolism on Wed, 07/02/2008 - 09:15.

The best programmers are not marginally better than merely good ones. They are an order-of-magnitude better, measured by whatever standard: conceptual creativity, speed, ingenuity of design, or problem-solving ability.

Το είπε...: Randall E. Stross

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