Interesting that the guy was apparently not a good coder: "He is not a gifted programmer — according to Watt and Toey, in fact, he can barely write simple code

Interesting that the guy was apparently not a good coder: "He is not a gifted programmer — according to Watt and Toey, in fact, he can barely write simple code — but by all accounts he can understand systems and fillet them with singular grace."