I'm not sure that this ever amounted to more than a urban legend. Urban legend? Entire books were written on the subject, by respected authors, too: https://w

I'm not sure that this ever amounted to more than a urban legend. Urban legend? Entire books were written on the subject, by respected authors, too: https://www.amazon.com/Decline-American-Programmer-Edward-Yourdon/dp/013191958X https://www.amazon.com/Decline-American-Programmer-Edward-Yo... The book is not only pushing 30 years old, it was crap when I bought it in hardcover in '93, and whoo boy, did that one not age well.