Quiz: Distinguish Programming Language Inventors from Serial Killers
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Summary
This article presents a quiz-style format where readers must distinguish between programming language inventors and serial killers. It features brief profiles of individuals like Bertrand Meyer (Eiffel language designer) alongside notorious murderers such as Dorothea Puente and John Christie, challenging readers to identify who worked with code versus who committed violent crimes.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledCan you tell a coder from a cannibal? A mathematician from a murderer?
Try to spot who liked hacking away at corpses rather than computers
Bertrand Meyer - Initial designer of the Eiffel language and Design by Contract development method
Dorothea Puente - The 'Death House Landlady' ran a Sacramento boarding house and murdered at least 9 tenants
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