How many exercises must an EXPERT PROGRAMMER solve
before you call him an EXPERT PROGRAMMER?
Yes, 'n' how many seas must a Haskell nomad sail
Before he sleeps in sand?
Yes, 'n' how many times must CP be posted
Before they're forever vanned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in The Sussman,
The answer is blowin' in The Sussman.
How many times must a man read SICP
Before he can achieve Satori?
Yes, 'n' how many spaces must an indentation have
Before he can hear the python cry?
Yes, 'n' how many cons have you just left there
For the garbage collector to feed upon?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in The Sussman,
The answer is blowin' in The Sussman.
How many years can an editor exist
Before it's finally obsolete?
Yes, 'n' how many years can some thread exist
Before they're allowed to be bumped?
Yes, 'n' how many times can a man troll his thread,
And pretend that he just doesn't know?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in The Sussman,
The answer is blowin' in The Sussman.
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Anonymous2008-03-23 22:06
Illumination. You acquire a deep understanding of programming and transcend it, to the point you no longer need to program. Processes, or the definitions of processes, or the definitions of processes defining processes occur in your brain, not in a sequential manner, but all at once. You suddenly realize you know every possible process, and you are no longer interested in its results, so you stop programming and just meditate on the univeral knowledge you forged. To procure food, you can do some menial work in inferior programming languages - you no longer care which - but in your spare time, you simply meditate.