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mcalex
Joined: 23 Apr 2006 Posts: 78 Location: Perth, WA
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Posted: Sat 10 Oct 2009, 12:22 Post subject:
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you're on to the answer
droope wrote: | I think it's like art |
Q) who is the best artist - whether that is painting, music, movies, literature, or whatever?
A) whoever the artist's peers choose as best from amongst their ranks. Note also, that there's a new 'best artist' every year.
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dawg
Joined: 09 Aug 2009 Posts: 116 Location: still here
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Posted: Sat 10 Oct 2009, 12:35 Post subject:
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Tough one. So many variables to consider
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muggins
Joined: 20 Jan 2006 Posts: 6747 Location: hobart
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Posted: Sun 11 Oct 2009, 06:20 Post subject:
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Surely the best programmer is the one who wrote the best program...IE?
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Patriot

Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 734
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Posted: Sun 11 Oct 2009, 08:14 Post subject:
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Hmmm .....
"The Tao Of Programming"
take a peek at the simplified online version
In the early years of Win95, I've had the pleasure of reading the book "The Tao of Programming" by Geoffrey James ..... It was an entertaining spoof of the taoist texts ... It's "subtlety" helped me deal with the many different "forms and shapes of programmers" that I've encountered over the years ...
Having being involved with this "art form" for quite a while, I find these movie quotes applicable to many "master programmer" aspirants :
"There's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path" - Morpheus, The Matrix
"I don't know exactly. I just see the code in my head, I can't explain it." - Stanley Jobson, Swordfish
I could relate to the character Stanley Jobson as there are times when I couldn't explain it either .....
Rgds
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Aitch

Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 6815 Location: Chatham, Kent, UK
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Posted: Sat 17 Oct 2009, 22:10 Post subject:
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droope
I would say the answer needs to be akin to the jeep philosophy
just enough essential parts
a program:
it must function
it must be efficient
it must be cost effective
it must be useful
it must be easy to implement
users will adore it
the person who can do this is the best program-mer
therefore the answer is ...
MER
logic is fun, eh?
PS: when did Barry K change his name to MER...?
my 2nd contender would be Max Reason of xbasics fame
http://www.maxreason.com/
Aitch
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