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- From: seebs@solutions.solon.com (Peter Seebach)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.c,comp.object,comp.software-eng
- Subject: Re: Beware of "C" Hackers -- A rebuttal to Bertrand Meyer
- Date: 16 Mar 1996 09:50:58 -0600
- Organization: Usenet Fact Police (Undercover)
- Message-ID: <4ieo12$a8j@solutions.solon.com>
- References: <1995Jul3.034108.4193@rcmcon.com- <RMARTIN.96Mar15105350@rcm.oma.com- <4icd4rINNbnh@gambier.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca- <4icvu5$45t@natasha.rmii.com>
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- In article <4icvu5$45t@natasha.rmii.com>, Jim Cochrane <jtc@rmii.com> wrote:
- >Unfortunately, many, if not most, job advertisements do exactly that -
- >inflexibly call for knowledge of a particular programming language or tool
- >set.
-
- Amusingly, many years ago one could find the occasional ad asking for
- 10+ years of C++, at a time when perhaps five or ten people (?) had
- that much experience, and today you will see references to N years
- of experience with "ANSI C++".
-
- Why not just simplify and say "the qualified applicant will perjure himself
- at the slightest hint of personal gain"? It'd save everyone time.
-
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