{"id":3439473,"date":"2006-02-28T08:24:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-28T08:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/su.blog.bunty.tv\/2006\/02\/28\/The-Ancient-Masters\/"},"modified":"2007-11-26T03:36:59","modified_gmt":"2007-11-26T03:36:59","slug":"The-Ancient-Masters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/su.blog.bunty.tv\/?p=3439473","title":{"rendered":"The Ancient Masters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='sustuff'>Stumbleupon <a href='http:\/\/horsewithnobunty.stumbleupon.com\/review\/3439473\/'>Review<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><b>\tThe Ancient Masters<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tBook Two<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\t\t   Thus spake the master programmer:<\/p>\n<p><i>   &#8220;After three days without programming, life becomes meaningless.&#8221;<\/i><\/div>\n<ul>\n<p>\t\t\t\t  2.1<\/p>\n<p>The programmers of old were mysterious and profound.  We cannot fathom<br \/>\ntheir thoughts, so all we do is describe their appearance.<\/p>\n<p>Aware, like a fox crossing the water.  Alert, like a general on the<br \/>\nbattlefield.  Kind, like a hostess greeting her guests. Simple, like<br \/>\nuncarved blocks of wood.  Opaque, like black pools in darkened caves.<\/p>\n<p>Who can tell the secrets of their hearts and minds?<\/p>\n<p>The answer exists only in the Tao.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t  2.2<\/p>\n<p>Grand Master Turing once dreamed that he was a machine.  When he awoke<br \/>\nhe exclaimed:<\/p>\n<p>     &#8220;I don&#8217;t know whether I am Turing dreaming that I am a machine,<br \/>\n      or a machine dreaming that I am Turing!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t  2.3<\/p>\n<p>A programmer from a very large computer company went to a software<br \/>\nconference and then returned to report to his manager, saying: &#8220;What<br \/>\nsort of programmers work for other companies?  They behaved badly and<br \/>\nwere unconcerned with appearances. Their hair was long and unkempt and<br \/>\ntheir clothes were wrinkled and old. They crashed out hospitality<br \/>\nsuites and they made rude noises during my presentation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The manager said: &#8220;I should have never sent you to the conference.<br \/>\nThose programmers live beyond the physical world.  They consider life<br \/>\nabsurd, an accidental coincidence.  They come and go without knowing<br \/>\nlimitations.  Without a care, they live only for their programs.  Why<br \/>\nshould they bother with social conventions?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are alive within the Tao.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t  2.4<\/p>\n<p>A novice asked the Master: &#8220;Here is a programmer that never designs,<br \/>\ndocuments, or tests his programs.  Yet all who know him consider him<br \/>\none of the best programmers in the world.  Why is this?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Master replies: &#8220;That programmer has mastered the Tao.  He has gone<br \/>\nbeyond the need for design; he does not become angry when the system<br \/>\ncrashes, but accepts the universe without concern.  He has gone beyond<br \/>\nthe need for documentation; he no longer cares if anyone else sees<br \/>\nhis code.  He has gone beyond the need for testing; each of his<br \/>\nprograms are perfect within themselves, serene and elegant, their<br \/>\npurpose self-evident.  Truly, he has entered the mystery of the Tao.&#8221;<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stumbleupon Review The Ancient Masters Book Two Thus spake the master programmer: &#8220;After three days without programming, life becomes meaningless.&#8221; 2.1 The programmers of old were mysterious and profound. 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