Shawns' comments below should have ended this debate!
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> programming references computer science
>
> development references computer technology
>
> ----------------
>
> science is the explanation of a phenomena
>
> technology is the application of science
>
> ----------------
>
> a programmer models concepts using computers
>
> a developer applies those concepts to problems
>
> -----------------
>
> example (not a great one)
>
> programmer creates ip protocol
>
> developer uses ip to transfer web page
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean A Corfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 3:11 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Re: programmer vs. developer
>
>
> On Wednesday, August 28, 2002, at 11:06 , S. Isaac Dealey wrote:
> > I've heard people use the difference to indicate that a "developer" does
> > planning and architectural design work whereas a "programmer" just does
> > programming and makes sure an application achieves the features requested
> > in
> > the functional specification, without regard to wholistic questions about
> > what the application is for or who will use it. Which is usually what I
> > intend to imply when I tell people I'm a developer (that is, that I do
> > more
> > than just programming).
>
> That's the 'distinction' I'm most familiar with over the last twenty years.
> .
>
> > I've also seen or heard people make the distinction that a "programmer" is
> > someone who works with traditional ( usually compiled ) languages like C/
> > C++
> > and Java whereas a "developer" just "toys with web scripts and other
> > interpreted stuff"... This isn't a distinction I much care for, because
> > imho
> > it encourages a gratuitous continued antagonism between the "old-school"
> > and
> > the new, but I've heard it used.
>
> I agree with you Isaac (and was a little surprised to hear MD say he'd
> heard this distinction too - glad he also doesn't like it!).
>
> Sean A Corfield -- http://www.corfield.org/blog/
>
> "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive."
> -- Margaret Atwood
>
>
>
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