Ask HN: Who are the legendary programmers with irrelevant academic background?

4 pointskhoobid_shoma2y ago2 comments

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i refer to them as the ancients, those who RTFM and independently learned to program, when there was no such thing as a computer science class.

most of these people would be well into senesence by now.

Aaron Swartz was a legend before even turning 18

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4 pointskhoobid_shoma2y ago2 comments

rolph2y ago

i refer to them as the ancients, those who RTFM and independently learned to program, when there was no such thing as a computer science class.

most of these people would be well into senesence by now.

Aaron Swartz was a legend before even turning 18

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