John E. Branch Jr.
6th-gen. Texan now in NY. Into tech & culture. All views my own or stolen from admirable sources. (I write, but not for NYT.) http://ifitbenotnow.wordpress.com/
The Absolutely True Story of a Real Programmer Who Never Learned C
Wil Shipley
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My commentary on some aspects of the language in this piece appears on my blog and also here on Medium, at https://medium.com/@JEB54/hurrah-for-overstatement-a-few-words-on-how-we-say-things-a0f5e093e2c#.txpnfrqm4 Incidentally, I enjoy the story itself and thank Wil Shipley for sharing it.