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Re:Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal (1982) by Gibbon1 on Thursday March 28, 2019 @04:40AM (#19510381)
A real programmer can write FORTRAN 77 in any language.

Actual thing. Friend of mine is retired black female programmer who mentioned hot patching assembly on IBM mainframes back in the late 60's.

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Re:Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal (1982) by ido on Thursday March 28, 2019 @05:03AM (#19510478)
What is the relevance of her being black & female to the anecdote?
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