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I'm pretty certain that Herman Cain is not a programmer. I live in Atlanta and he's had an obnoxious talk radio show here for years. I don't think it's the education that is relevant, it's the profession and world view.

According to wikipedia he has a Masters in computer science, did ballistics analysis for the US Navy and worked as a computer systems analyst for Coca-Cola before becoming a business analyst and later a manager. So while he probably hasn't programmed for a couple of decades or more he has done so in the past.

The Masters is cited with a dead link. The title of the citation also has "honorary" in the title...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-purdue-8

You mean this? "2004 Honorary Doctoral Recipient Computer Science, M.S. 1971"

Seems fairly clear that "Honorary" refers to a Doctorate degree, not to his Masters

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