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EDIT: The following is not not incorrect.

They mean the same thing.

> No “real programmers” write code in Assembly.

Scare quotes for sarcasm/inflection.

Would be better and more idiomatic as a singular noun.

> No, “real programmers” write code in Assembly.

The pause here just marks an interjection/response to something else. But it means the same thing (scare quotes and all).

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> They mean the same thing.

What? No, they don't. The first one means "There are no real programmers who write code in assembly", in other words "Real programmers don't write code in assembly", while the second one means "Real programmers write code in assembly". It is very literally the exact opposite.

Dang. You’re right.

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