All programmers are optimists.
Perhaps this modern sorcery especially attracts those who believe in happy endings and fairy godmothers. Perhaps the hundreds of nitty frustrations drive away all but those who habitually focus on the end goal. Perhaps it is merely that computers are young, programmers are younger, and the young are always optimists. The Mythical Man Month Submitted by hal render univ. Passages submitted should be no more than a few paragraphs long.