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Uncle Bob becoming even worse: (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month 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.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

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

[–] boatswain@infosec.pub 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Born in 1952: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_C._Martin

[–] vanillama@programming.dev 2 points 1 month 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 4 points 1 month ago

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

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