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Hotshot — 55 words

Posted on March 8th, 2004 by Sacha Chua

Hotshot programmer fresh from college thinks he can do everything, eh?
I keep particularly nasty COBOL code for these special occasions. Just
because it’s on a computer doesn’t mean it’s legible. Looks like
English, but it’s worse than the Gordian knot. That’ll show him his
place – then maybe he’ll be willing to learn something.

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