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Any programming language is only a tool. I have been privileged to work with a few world-class programmers. These people will write good code in a programming language that they have never used before.
Modern Software Engineering
Farley Dave
For example, males usually compete for access to females, rather than vice versa. There are good evolutionary reasons for this, and there are clear evolutionary consequences, too; for instance, men are more aggressive than women.
The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
Matt Ridley
A company that could pay all its employees so straightforwardly would be enormously successful. Many employees would work harder if they could get paid for it. More importantly, such a company would attract people who wanted to work especially hard. It would crush its competitors.
Hackers & Painters - Big Ideas From the Computer Age
Paul Graham
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