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thaumaturgy on Jan 25, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Parable of the Two Programmers (1985)

It might be the most fictional story ever written about programming.

It's completely ridiculous.

javert on Jan 25, 2015 [–]

I don't think it's ridiculous at all. Have you ever worked in the defense industry?

thaumaturgy on Jan 25, 2015 | [–]

Yes, actually, I have.

So this story isn't ridiculous because it applies to a niche that it never mentions?

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