SMALL TALK

... On Hackers and Hacking

A hacker is any person who derives joy from discovering ways to circumvent limitations.
      -- Bob Bickford

Hackers should be judged by their hacking, not bogus criteria such as degrees, age, race or position.
      -- Unknown

Hacking's just another word for nothing left to kludge.
      -- Unknown

What I mean by "hacker" is a feverishly dedicated programmer, a person who enjoys exploiting computers and generally doing interesting things with them. This is in conrast to the common connotation of "hacker" as a computer wrongdoer or outlaw.
      -- Matt Welsh

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