Real Programmers
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https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/real_programmers.png[[A man sits at a computer, programming. Another man behind him looks over his shoulder.]]Man: nano? REAL programmers use Emacs.[[A dark haired woman appears behind him.]]Woman: Hey. REAL programmers use Vim.[[Another man appears behind her.]]Man: Well, REAL programmers use ed.[[Another man appears behind him.]]Man: No, REAL programmers use cat.[[A woman with a bun appears behind him.]]Woman: REAL programmers use a magnetized needle and a steady hand.[[A man enters, facing them all.]]Man: Excuse me, but REAL programmers use butterflies. [[Holding out a butterfly in front of the computer.]]Man: They open their hands and let the delicate wings flap once.[[Diagrams of flowing currents.]]Man: The disturbances ripple outward, changing the flow of the Eddy currents in the upper atmosphere. These cause momentary pockets of higher-pressure air to form, ...Man: Which act as lenses that deflect incoming cosmic rays, focusing them to strike the drive platter and flip the desired bit.Emacs User: Nice. 'Course, there's an Emacs command to do that.cat User: Oh yeah! Good ol' C-x M-c M-butterfly...[[Butterfly man slaps forehead.]]Butterfly man: Dammit, Emacs.{{Title text: Real programmers set the universal constants at the start such that the universe evolves to contain the disk with the data they want.}}
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