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  1. Newsgroups: comp.edu
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!dg-rtp!robin!hamilton
  3. From: hamilton@robin.rtp.dg.com (Eric Hamilton)
  4. Subject: Re: Scientists as Programmers (was Re: Small Language Wanted)
  5. Message-ID: <1992Sep10.152935.7455@dg-rtp.dg.com>
  6. Sender: hamilton@robin (Eric Hamilton)
  7. Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 15:29:35 GMT
  8. References: <1992Aug27.154823.583@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> <BtpAIn.EE5@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <1992Sep3.123432.18806@bony1.bony.com> <Bu9FB3.BDK@world.std.com> <10648@sun13.scri.fsu.edu>
  9. Organization: Data General Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC
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  12. Dijkstra once remarked that the single best predictor of a person's
  13. programming ability is the abilty to write well in his/her native language.
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