[mpk]

Uh, Gates not a programmer? You might want to check your history. By all accounts he is, or was, an excellent programmer who definitely got his hands dirty.

[edit add refs] Joel's Bill interview - http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/06/16.html

Pancake problem - http://archive.today/20120916031916/http://www.npr.org/templ...