Dennis Your primary error here is that "Smarter" does not necesarily equal the ability to extract money by a combination of deception, ignorance and dishonesty.
Neven ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Chuah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 10:29 AM Subject: Re: [DUG] [OFF-TOPIC] Fortran > > Actually, accountants are smarter than engineers. Engineers drop fortran > for a simpler language that takes far less time to code. Accountants keep > to old COBOL knowing full well that something that will normally take an > hour will take one week and they can see the $$$ in keeping their clients > locked on to an ancient with an ever decreasing pool of programmers. Thus > the engineer earns $70 and the accountant charges $5000 for the same job. > May be we should all learn COBOL :). > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Sugrue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 8:37 AM > Subject: RE: [DUG] [OFF-TOPIC] Fortran > > > > BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Almost p*ssed myself when I read that. I work with some > > COBOL heads. They are the worst kind of dinosaur, too stubborn to know > > they're dead and too belligerent to learn anything new. > > > > Things like, "I can't really see anything different between COBOL and OO", > > or the classic, "I can do that in COBOL" -- yes you probably can, but the > > fact it takes a week to do, where it would take 2-3 hours in something > > else.... > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > > Behalf Of Neven MacEwan > > Sent: Friday, 16 January 2004 10:59 p.m. > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > > Subject: Re: [DUG] [OFF-TOPIC] Fortran > > > > and the fact that people still use Cobol > > (something something Business Oriented Language) and nobody uses Fortran > is > > indicative of the fact that engineers are smarter than accountants (and > > therefore > > know when to move on) > > > > HTH > > > > Neven > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Delphi mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > > _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi
