A good programming language should have features that make the kind of people who use the phrase “software engineering” shake their heads disapprovin… - Paul Graham

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A good programming language should have features that make the kind of people who use the phrase “software engineering” shake their heads disapprovingly.

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About Paul Graham

Paul Graham (born 1964) is an English computer scientist, essayist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author. He is best known for his work on the programming language Lisp, his former startup Viaweb (later renamed Yahoo! Store), cofounding the influential startup accelerator and seed capital firm Y Combinator, his essays, and Hacker News.

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