--- In [email protected], Thomas Hruska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Paul Herring wrote: > > On Feb 5, 2008 11:35 AM, Nuno Berneaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > [...] > > > >> By the way, I've read that the reviled Herb Schildt is part of the ANSI > >> comittee. If his reputation is so bad (and apparently his books fail to adhere > >> to ANSI), what's he doing there???? > > > > Learning? ;) > > > > For the interested, past and current committee memberships (and a > > dodgy photo of Schildt) here: http://www.herbschildt.com/abouths.htm > > "Most programmers own at least one Herb Schildt book, and many have a > shelf full! In fact, Herb's books are so widely used that it has been > said that he taught a generation of programmers to program....He is also > an expert Windows programmer." > > He may have taught a generation to program and may be a programmer > himself. However, while this group's aim is to teach C/C++, we should > also focus on becoming software developers. There is a significant > difference between a programmer and a software developer. I'm probably > an expert programmer but I consider that to be meaningless. If the > software I make doesn't make sense to _users_, then I might as well not > have even bothered to write it. > > -- > Thomas Hruska > CubicleSoft President > Ph: 517-803-4197 > > *NEW* MyTaskFocus 1.1 > Get on task. Stay on task. > > http://www.CubicleSoft.com/MyTaskFocus/ >
I totally understand your meaning as to the difference between being able to create something and being able to create something that is functionally useful to the end-user. Though most of the time, I am the user stuck with the worthless piece of crap software :O) Nim
