I think the way IBM has embraced the open source philosophy has been quite astonishing but gratifying. I hope they'll do very well with it.
Real programmers can write assembly code in any language.
If you've never felt that you quite got a hold of it you just feel that...
I absolutely relate to being alone in squalor trying to come up with something adequate. I relate to that and I've been known to crawl out of bed and drink out of a 2-liter bottle of Diet Coke.
