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The story of Max, a real programmer

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129 points surprisetalk | 2 comments | 30 Jun 25 12:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.48s | source
1. marcofloriano ◴[03 Jul 25 14:35 UTC] No.44455494[source]▶
"And I think that's how it should be. I didn't feel comfortable hacking up the code of a Real Programmer."

Ok, i actually cried at this part.

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2. prewett ◴[03 Jul 25 15:06 UTC] No.44455824[source]▶
Perhaps you'd like the original story he's referencing: https://foldoc.org/The%20Story%20of%20Mel. (Actually, he's referencing the free verse version, but I don't like it as much, because it doesn't mention "most pessimum")