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• Cargo Cultism, Part Four: Other Disciplines

  Just a couple quick follow-ups. Mike Spille has some good comments tying the relationship between cargo cult programmers and abstraction layers together. Mike Gunderloy wonders if I've ever read Steve “Code Complete“ McConnell's Cargo Cult Read More... Posted Thursday, March 04, 2004 1:01 PM by Eric Lippert | 7 Comments Filed under: Rants, Cargo Cult Programming

• Cargo Cultists, Part Three: Is Mort A Cargo Cultist?

  My colleague Mike , in a comment in yesterday's entry , mentions "Mort". Who is this Mort guy? At Microsoft, we do a lot of market research, and frequently discover that large segments of our customers have characteristics in common. It's a lot easier Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 02, 2004 12:14 PM by Eric Lippert | 15 Comments Filed under: Rants, Cargo Cult Programming

• Cargo Cultists, Part Two

  Thanks all for your kind words and cogent thoughts on yesterday's post. I'd like to sum up some of the wisdom in the comments: My advice for novice programmers was Don't be a cargo cultist -- understand the meaning and purpose of every line of code before Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 02, 2004 10:20 AM by Eric Lippert | 4 Comments Filed under: Rants, Cargo Cult Programming

• Syntax, Semantics, Micronesian cults and Novice Programmers

  I've had this idea in me for a long time now that I've been struggling with getting out into the blog space. It has to do with the future of programming, declarative languages, Microsoft's language and tools strategy, pedagogic factors for novice and Read More... Posted Monday, March 01, 2004 11:18 AM by Eric Lippert | 44 Comments Filed under: Scripting, Rants, Cargo Cult Programming