The Absolutely True Story of a Real Programmer Who Never Learned C — MediumI have a young friend named Sam who is quite a programming prodigy. Sam does know C! I need to make this clear: he’s not the titular programmer. But a couple years ago Sam told me a story about a different programmer who never learned C, and I liked it so much that right on the spot I asked his permission to repeat it. (I could never just steal such a tale.) Sam wasn’t always a programmer—actually
