_______________________________________________________________________________ / A programmer from a very large computer company went to a software \ | conference and then returned to report to his manager, saying: "What sort | | of programmers work for other companies? They behaved badly and were | | unconcerned with appearances. Their hair was long and unkempt and their | | clothes were wrinkled and old. They crashed out hospitality suites and they | | made rude noises during my presentation." | | The manager said: "I should have never sent you to the conference. | | Those programmers live beyond the physical world. They consider life absurd, | | an accidental coincidence. They come and go without knowing limitations. | | Without a care, they live only for their programs. Why should they bother | | with social conventions?" | | "They are alive within the Tao." | \ -- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of Programming" / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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