Good programmers aren't lazy

[Cross-posted on devchix]

It goes something like this. A really good programmer, who obviously does not have a lazy cell in his or her brain (the body is another matter entirely!) declares, "I program because I'm too lazy to do the same thing again and again!".

Variations abound, all coming back to the idea that "laziness" == an aversion to repetition.

Really?

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