There's no literal quote about "who gets bitches" or the word bitch at all in the post though. What you refer to is a paragraph about the distinction between programming and painting (meant as a joke counter-argument to PG's essay about how hacking is essentially like painting), which opens like: "Great paintings, for example, get you laid in a way that great computer programs never do".
The author (who is on HN, btw, too) does go into a more substantial difference of the nature of the two endeavours too, but the whole post is in a jocking tone. And yes, it has "an axe to grind", but it's not about who gets the girl. It's about taking down essays they consider pompous and self-congratulatory.
The author (who is on HN, btw, too) does go into a more substantial difference of the nature of the two endeavours too, but the whole post is in a jocking tone. And yes, it has "an axe to grind", but it's not about who gets the girl. It's about taking down essays they consider pompous and self-congratulatory.