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"'''Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal'''" is an essay about [[computer programming]] written by Ed Post, of [[Tektronix, Inc.]], [[Wilsonville,and Oregon]],published USA.in ItJuly was published1983 as a [[letter to the editor]] in ''[[Datamation]]'', volume.<ref>Volume 29 number 7, July 1983.</ref> 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

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The article compares and contrasts ''real programmers'', who use punch cards and write programs in [[FORTRAN]] or [[assembly language]], with modern-day "quiche eaters" who use programming languages such as [[Pascal (programming language)|Pascal]] which support [[structured programming]] and impose restrictions meant to prevent or minimize common [[software bug|bug]]s due to inadvertent programming logic errors. Also mentioned are feats such as the inventor of the [[Cray-1]] supercomputer toggling in<ref> ''Toggling in'' refers to setting an array of [[toggle switch]]es or rocker switches which supplement program memory </ref> the first operating system for the [[CDC 7600]] through the front panel without notes when it was first powered on.

Many subsequent articles, cartoons<ref>[http://xkcd.com/378/ REAL programmers] xkcd.com</ref> and in-jokes extend the joke, with the alleged defining features of a "Real Programmer" differing with time and place, in the fashion of the "[[no true Scotsman]]" fallacy.

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