Real programmer
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The term real programmer is a term used by computer programmers to describe the archetypical 'hardcore' programmer. A real programmer eschews modern or graphical tools such as integrated development environments or languages other than assembly language or machine code in favour of more direct and efficient solutions - 'closer to the hardware'.
The term is often used to describe a more bare metal way of doing something - for example: Real Programmers don't use IDEs, they write programs using cat > a.out.
The archetypal Real Programmer is Mel Kaye of the Royal McBee Computer Corporation who is immortalised in the 'Story of Mel', one of the most famous pieces of hacker folklore. As the story infamously puts it, he wrote in machine code - in 'raw, unadorned, inscrutable hexadecimal numbers. Directly.'[1]
[edit] External links
- The Story of Mel, one of the most famous real programmers
- Real Programmers Don't Write Specs A list of 'Real programmers...' assertions
