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		ochrist on May 5, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The seven programming ur-languages (2021) Is this from https://www.usm.uni-muenchen.de/~hoffmann/roff/tmp/rpdup.pdf (Real programmers don't use Pascal)?

seanhunter on May 5, 2023 [–]

That is where the quote originally came from yes. Thanks! I have been looking for that - couldn't remember it precisely. Here's the actual original:

    > Besides, the determined Real Programmer can write fortran programs in any language.

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