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Uncle Bob becoming even worse: (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 days ago by ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Those two sentences just prove that the whole thing is made up. If he started coding in the 60s, he'd have to be over 80 now.

[–] boatswain@infosec.pub 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] vanillama@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It says there that he joined the industry when he was 17, which means after December 1969. So by late 60s he really means the 70s.

[–] MirrorGiraffe@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago

He could've been coding as hobby before it I suppose.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago

Maybe he was born in 1969 and started coding at 6 months old.

[–] jbrains@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Those sentences prove nothing of the sort. And you really have no reason to get that arithmetic so wrong. And you could have looked it up instead of guessing. He has a Wikipedia page.

He was born in 1952.

There are good reasons not to follow him. No need to invent bad ones. That only hurts the credibility of people decrying him in public.