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The thing is, people consider scripting to be "coding".

Many people who write scripts in Perl, Python, Ruby, etc. call themselves coders.

But if they were tasked with writing in assembly or C they could not do it.

And how do we know Atwood himself can even do it.

Show us Atwood's C programming and let's have a look.

It's probably full of security holes.

The thing is, people consider coding to be "programming".

Many people who write code in C, Ada, Pascal, etc. call themselves programmers.

But if they were tasked with writing machine instructions or even assembly they could not do it.

And how do we know throwaway63-90 himself can even do it.

Show us throwaway63-90's machine code and let's have a look.

It's probably full of security holes.