From: Marc C <mc.provisional@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: My Two Languages
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 07:03:55 -0700 (PDT)
Date: 2011-09-13T07:03:55-07:00 [thread overview]
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In-Reply-To: op.v1q16pjtule2fv@index.ici
On Sep 13, 8:53 am, Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
<yannick_duch...@yahoo.fr> wrote:
> The link says “C makes you feel like a 1337 h@xx0r;” What does this
> sentence means ?
"C makes you feel like an [elite] [hacker]".
Utilizing the terse, cryptic programming style that C lends itself to
can cause one to assert a claim of being a highly capable programmer.
The author's formulation and use of "leetspeak" (https://
secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Leet) in the sentence is
intended to be ironic.
Marc A. Criley
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-07-11 21:52 My Two Languages John McCormick
2011-07-12 21:53 ` Anh Vo
2011-09-13 13:53 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2011-09-13 14:02 ` Ludovic Brenta
2011-09-13 14:03 ` Marc C [this message]
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