[Philosophical] Is there a 'Best Programmer' and what makes him (or her) so?

[penagate]

Where the heck that come from!

I've never touched a UNIX box - nor have a reason to touch a UNIX box.

(I really cannot say that though - in using DCL (Digital Command Language) on DEC mini/mainframes we had to use lower-case unix syntax when using FTP).

Yeah... once you start mentioning specific tools, it becomes less of a "who's good at it" discussion, and more "who's done this before".