Is this sarcasm? The article pretty clearly judges in an extremely opinionated way.

It's a shame it never actually stated the specification of the program. It seems like that would be the kind of thing you would need to know to form a fair opinion.

It's not sarcasm. I really interpreted the article this way. Might not be the correct interpretation.

You got it right.

Perhaps a better way to put it would be to say that the article teaches by demonstration instead of teaching by assertion.

But, it's a fictional story. I can make up a fictional story to demonstrate anything, regardless if it's true in the real world.

I thought this was a fictional story.

It might be, my intention was to highlight the fact that the article is laid down as a set of facts with no judgement. It's not like Charles was a hero. It just shows how Alan was rewarded. It's like reading something as simple as fate.

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

It's completely ridiculous.

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

Yes, actually, I have.

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