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Article #623721Re: The birth of BASIC
From: Richard Thiebaud
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 02:24
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 02:24
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On 06/09/2018 08:24 AM, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote: > On Fri, 08 Jun 2018 16:39:11 GMT > scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) wrote: > >> Richard Thiebaud <thieba...@aol.com> writes: >>> On 06/08/2018 08:27 AM, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote: >>>> On Thu, 7 Jun 2018 17:19:04 -0400 >>>> Richard Thiebaud <thieba...@aol.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> They are computer scientists, not computer engineers. They are not >>>>> supposed to be developing practical applications. >>>> >>>> s/supposed to be/safe/ >>>> >>> Change back to "supposed to be". >> >> I don't understand this despite of computer scientists. > > Nothing against them at all, so long as they stick to writing > papers and books exploring data structures, algorithms, language paradigms > and all that other fundamental stuff that eventually leads to useful tools > or helps us pick the right tool for a job because someone took the time to > analyse it in detail. > > Get one writing code for a project with a deadline that has to be > maintained by trained monkeys for the next decade and they're a real > liability. > Yes, that's the difference between a scientist and an engineer.
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