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Re:Never Trust a Programmer by thyrsus on Tuesday June 15, 2010 @11:26PM (#1434598)
I'm baffled by the title. Is the author trying to trap non-programmers into understanding their error by (falsely) promising to provide them a scapegoat? Or is he using "trust" as in "trust in the omnipotent"?
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Re:Never Trust a Programmer by chaosmachine on Wednesday June 16, 2010 @12:23AM (#1434690)
"Is the author trying to trap non-programmers into understanding their error by (falsely) promising to provide them a scapegoat?"

Yes.

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