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Real programmers do not clear registers twice before using them.
In fact, if you annoy a real programmer, he/she won't clear the registers at all....
Real programmers do not eat quiche. They eat Twinkies (because they are in vending machines) and Szechuan food (because they deliver at 4am).
Also, real programmers have recently discovered the prod...
Real programmers do not wonder where the bits went following a shift operation. They do not care.
Real programmers don't believe in schedules. Planners make up schedules.
Managers firm up schedules. Frightened coders strive to meet schedules....
Real programmers don't change light bulbs.
Real programmers don't comment their code. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand.
Real programmers don't document. Documentation is for simpletons who can't read listings or the object code from the dump.
Real programmers don't document their code. The brilliance of the program itself is self-evident, and anyone who can't figure it out isn't a real programmer.
Real programmers don't draw flowcharts. Flowcharts are, after all, the illiterate's form of documentation.
Cavemen drew flowcharts; look how much good it did them....
Real programmers don't dress for success unless they are going on an interview.

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