>>>>Cutting out the caffeine intake.
>>>
>>>C'mon!
>>>Programmers cannot survive without caffeine.
>>>Have you given up coding too?
>>
>>Working hypothesis: he's already got caffeine deposits all over his body to last him a few lifetimes.
>>
>>Any other explanation?
>
>I thought ALL programmers drank Doctor Pepper?


Could be. I have always thought of Mountain Dew as the prototypical programmer's drink as well.