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  1. Xref: sparky comp.lang.c:16923 comp.software-eng:4445
  2. Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.software-eng
  3. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!princeton!mccc!pjh
  4. From: pjh@mccc.edu (Pete Holsberg)
  5. Subject: Re: Will we keep ignoring this productivity issue?
  6. Organization: The College On The Other Side Of Route One
  7. Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 23:24:08 GMT
  8. Message-ID: <1992Nov19.232408.17985@mccc.edu>
  9. References: <Bxtq6J.Br1@cs.uiuc.edu> <1992Nov17.091220.9284@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> <books.110.0@fsunuc.physics.fsu.edu>
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  12. In article <books.110.0@fsunuc.physics.fsu.edu> books@fsunuc.physics.fsu.edu (Roger Books) writes:
  13. =In article <1992Nov17.091220.9284@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> kambic@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com (Bonus, Iniquus, Celer - Delegitus Duo) writes:
  14. =>
  15. =>IMHO, there is probably no better background for SE than physics.  Why? 
  16. =>Problem solving.  Experimental techniques.  Basic understanding of the
  17. =>strangeness of the universe.  All useful.  
  18. =
  19. =I don't know about that last one.  The Physicists are some of the most
  20. =intelligent people I know.  They can solve almost any problem you throw
  21. =at them, but, their programming is kludgey and atrocious to maintain.
  22.  
  23. Then how about English majors? Writing is writing.
  24.