There is always a bit of a culture in IT (is that an oxymoron?) around macho programmers.  Real programmers use VI/EMACs etc.   It is always fun to read some of the interesting stories, and urban legends around real programmers, basically all taking variations of the Monty Python "We were poor" sketch

The Story of Mel is one of my favourites, only upstaged by the tooltip on this XKCD Comic on Real programmers.

What's your favourite story (real or made up) of real programmers?

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