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As a programmer, it is your job to put yourself out of business. What you do today can be automated tomorrow.

Douglas McIlroy

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Douglas McIlroy
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: January 1
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the United States of America
Malcolm Douglas McIlroy
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