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'''''Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal''''' is an essay about [[computer programming]] written by Ed Post, Tektronix, Inc, Wilsonville OR USA. It has been 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]]''.

A version of the classic [[Snoopy]] Calendar program from 1969 (referred to in the essay) can be found [[IBM 1130/snoopy calendar|here]].

==External links==

*[http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/real.programmers.html A copy of the articleessay can be found here]

[[Category:Programming languages]]