ssm@lemmy.sdf.org to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 years agoThey'd still both rather use C++ than each other thoughlemmy.sdf.orgexternal-linkmessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up1325arrow-down112
arrow-up1313arrow-down1external-linkThey'd still both rather use C++ than each other thoughlemmy.sdf.orgssm@lemmy.sdf.org to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square22linkfedilink
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up59arrow-down2·2 years agoTo my knowledge, it’s a name that came out of the free software / GNU movement. So, “hackers” as in clever problem solvers, not those that break into insecure systems.
minus-squarebeeng@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up19·2 years agoWhich should be known as a “cracker”, but yeah mainstream media fucked the word “hacker” to mean something it doesn’t.
To my knowledge, it’s a name that came out of the free software / GNU movement. So, “hackers” as in clever problem solvers, not those that break into insecure systems.
Which should be known as a “cracker”, but yeah mainstream media fucked the word “hacker” to mean something it doesn’t.