[wplug] about basic programming

[John Harrold]

Sometime in March Juan Zuluaga assaulted the keyboard and produced:

| http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html
| 
| "How To Become A Hacker"  by Eric Steven Raymond is a
| very nice text. 


Where I'm sure the term "hacker"[1] here referrs to: 
   A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable 
   systems and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed 
   to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum
   necessary.

As opposed to:
   A malicious meddler who tries to discover
   sensitive information by poking around.  Hence "password
   hacker", "network hacker".  The correct term is {cracker}.

Woudn't want to get anyone in trouble here ;).

[1] The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

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