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- From: fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus James HENDERSON)
- Subject: Re: Scientists as Programmers (was Re: Small Language Wanted)
- Message-ID: <9225002.5414@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
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- Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
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- Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 16:13:33 GMT
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- hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) writes:
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- >There is nothing for which a degree should be required. What counts is the
- >knowledge and ability, not grades and credits, and at this time, all a degree
- >shows is grades and credits. The only programming now taught to any extent
- >is the use of inadequate HLLs, with not understanding of the real job of
- >programming, which is to use the power of the machine to solve the problem
- >of the user in such a manner as not to waste time and money.
-
- The vast majority of current programmers use high level languages
- precisely BECAUSE they want to solve their users' problems in such a
- manner as not to waste time and money.
-
- If you are going to brand HLLs as "inadequate", please take it to
- alt.religion.computers.
-
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- Fergus Henderson fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU
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