''"'''Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal'''''" is an essay about [[computer programming]] written by Ed Post, [[Tektronix, Inc.]], [[Wilsonville, Oregon]] USA. It was published as a [[letter to the editor]] in ''[[Datamation]]'', volume 29 number 7, July 1983. The title is a parody of the bestselling tongue-in-cheek book on stereotypes about masculinity ''[[Real Men Don't Eat Quiche]]''.
The article was widely circulated on [[Usenet]] in its day and was well-known in the computer software industry.<ref> {{cite article
