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The usual term for somebody who knows endless language details is 'language lawyer'. It's mentioned in _The Mythical Man-Month_ as a member of the "surgical team". Nowadays, the language lawyer role might include exhaustive knowledge of the dusty nooks and crannies of complex APIs.

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I think I will end up reading this book someday.

In the words of Fred Brooks himself: The book is called "The Bible of Software Engineering" because everybody reads it, but nobody does anything about it!"

It's actually got some good ideas but I think you'll find it less of the guiding light that you might expect. It was written in the world of the waterfall method, batch processing computers, and systems development. It has some really interesting stories about OS/360, but I think you'll find more guidance in a modern book on Agile methods.

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