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The three great virtues of a programmer

2010-11-19 55 words 1 min read

“We will encourage you to develop the three great virtues of a programmer: laziness, impatience, and hubris.”
– Larry Wall, creator of Perl.

“We will encourage you to develop the three great virtues of a programmer: laziness, impatience, and hubris.”

Why would laziness, impatience and hubris (or pride) be the three virtues of a programmer?

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