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"Blub programmers" are referenced in "Beating the averages" ~ http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html and describes the "Blub para
by bootload 19y ago
"Blub programmers" are referenced in "Beating the averages" ~ http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html and describes the "Blub paradox".
"... As long as our hypothetical Blub programmer
is looking down the power continuum, he knows
he's looking down. Languages less powerful than
Blub are obviously less powerful, because they're
missing some feature he's used to. But when our
hypothetical Blub programmer looks in the other
direction, up the power continuum, he doesn't
realize he's looking up. What he sees are merely
weird languages. He probably considers them
about equivalent in power to Blub, but with all
this other hairy stuff thrown in as well. Blub is
good enough for him, because he thinks in Blub ..."
Raganwarld has a good explanation of the "Blub paradox" ~ http://weblog.raganwald.com/2006/10/are-we-blub-programmers.html http://weblog.raganwald.com/2006/10/are-we-blub-programmers....