Real Programmers (was: [HACKERS] Priorities for 6.6)

From: wieck(at)debis(dot)com (Jan Wieck)
To: frankpit(at)pop(dot)dn(dot)net (Bernard Frankpitt)
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Real Programmers (was: [HACKERS] Priorities for 6.6)
Date: 1999-06-09 05:57:50
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> I re-read the Real Programmers don't use Pascal ---- it beats writing
> this damned proposal I'm working on. If the line about Real Programmers
> use goto's is anything to go by, then you should nominate Vadim as the
> v6.5 Real Programmer. You should _see_ all those gotos in nbtree.c!
> He's done a fine job with them too.

Vadim is surely one of the real programmers in our project.
It's not only that he isn't afraid using GOTO's. He also
know's very well how to speed things up by complicating the
code :-)

Jan

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