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You have ascended
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<p>Redoubtable hacker <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Salzenberg">Chip Salzenberg</a> wrote me last night with the subject line “You have ascended”. I quote in full:</p>
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<blockquote><p>
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Long time no chat. Hope you are well. In fact, I don’t have to hope, because I just read this in a book:</p>
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<p>Raymond in his brilliant The Cathedral and the Bazaar [2001] …</p>
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<p>That’s all well and good, and I know enough authors not to be excessibly impressed by publication.</p>
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<p>Thing is, this book is by Fred Brooks. As in, Brooks’ Law.</p>
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<p>Oh My Lack Of God.</p>
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<p>Do you have a halo now, or maybe a relic to protect you from feature creep?
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</p></blockquote>
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<p>After boggling for a few minutes, I wrote back:</p>
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<blockquote><p>
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I can almost top this. Donald Knuth once sent me a bug fix. For INTERCAL.
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</p></blockquote>
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<p>Hmmm.. Now, where <em>did</em> I stash that Amulet of Yendor?</p>
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<p>If you found the preceding exchange cryptic, you <s>need to get out more</s> are probably a normal human being with, like, a life. How sad for you.</p>
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