> I dislike the idea that a programmer is bound to a language. He's a "C" programmer, […] Nothing in the article suggests that being a "C programmer" is that k

> I dislike the idea that a programmer is bound to a language. He's a "C" programmer, […] Nothing in the article suggests that being a "C programmer" is that kind of a binding label. It's you reading that into it ;). (Though certainly influenced by the fact that that is a widespread interpretation.) FWIW, I consider myself a C programmer, and in both camps presented in that article. But I'm also a Python programmer, and I don't think either of those two languages "owns" me.