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What They Thought of Programmers
- RickJWagner 7y agoIt's interesting to see how programmers were portrayed. I suppose it's inevitable that the portrayals become more accurate as more people code for a living. Any foreign film aficionados out there to offer commentary on foreign film programmers?
- richardjdare 7y agoThe article mentions Professor Falken from War Games, who is a kind of Claude Shannon-esque scientist and tinkerer but doesn't mention the scene with Malvin and Jim! [1] I tell curious friends that this is the most realistic portrayal of programmers in the movies :) [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfJJk7i0NTk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfJJk7i0NTk