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		delackner on Nov 14, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: "Sequential programming is dead. So stop teaching ... I don't know if english is not your first language, but "you" in the context you are complaining about here does not mean YOU it means "ANYONE".

narag on Nov 14, 2008 [–]

It's still wrong. The point wasn't about individual perspective, but about what proportion of programmers' population does the hard work.

orib on Nov 14, 2008 | [–]

It's a less archaic way of saying "one". 'when one does X' vs 'when you do x'

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