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ornot anxorI don't know, Reiser is not a serial...
He also didn't invent a programming language.
For a file system you only get one murder.
I think there's a personality anti-correlation that keeps this mostly exclusive.
Serial killers tend to be more outgoing and active (to a troubling degree), whereas coders who create their own languages tend to be indoors types who don't mind sitting in one place for long periods.
I mean there are plenty of psychologies that could make for someone who does both, but it would seem to reduce the odds a lot.
Yeah, I guess a competent programmer would rather go for paralllel killing.
Yeah, the guy who invented scheme is definitely sadistic.