Let's hope that they sky doesn't fall. :) It's healthy for culture-conscious programmers to reflect, now and then, on just how small a segment they represent.

Let's hope that they sky doesn't fall. :) It's healthy for culture-conscious programmers to reflect, now and then, on just how small a segment they represent. Cultured programming is fine, but it's like opera: the ordinary programmer recognizes a few of the tunes, but they don't sing along. It's hard to appreciate just how much uncivilized business code is out there, when nobody is getting HN likes for keeping that 1980's ERP running.