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Re:The Parable of the Two Programmers (1985) by sidcool on Sunday January 25, 2015 @02:08AM (#8942275)
It's not sarcasm. I really interpreted the article this way. Might not be the correct interpretation.
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Re:The Parable of the Two Programmers (1985) by javert on Sunday January 25, 2015 @02:13AM (#8942291)
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.

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Re:The Parable of the Two Programmers (1985) by smasuch on Sunday January 25, 2015 @02:16AM (#8942296)
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.
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