Following are the common traits of good programmers.

logical
curious nature
tenacious
patient
self-confident
detail-oriented
methodical
polite
creative
calm
analytical
cooperative
rational
ability to see the implications of a decision
desire to solve problems
seeks mental challenges
self-motivating
ability to focus
works well alone
focused 

Lifestyle & Habits

Are socially inept and “normal” people who expect things like stimulating and thought-providing conversation with them will be disappointed.
Struggle with a social life because they cannot place appearance above function. [...]

After having worked with Safari 3.x for Windows beta for the past few months, I’m glad that Safari 3.1 is finally released. I have tested it on an application with considerable javascript code and I do agree with Apple’s claims to have faster javascript processing.
“In addition to loading web pages 1.9 times faster than Internet Explorer 7 [...]

This was written in response to one of the inevitable “Why programming language is better, x or y?” questions that pops up with great regularity on USENET.  I thought I’d take a stab at answering it for all time …Let L be the set of all programming languages ever conceived past, present, and future.  The [...]