On Wed, 03 Oct 2001 16:30:38 +0000, Derek M Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In programming there are books of algorithms + code, and source code is
> available. But I think anybody (apart from the authors) that this code
> represented best practices. Not that this matters since few people spend
> time reading. Programming continues to be a predominantly a write only
> activity. Even if somebody was willing to study for 10 years, how would their
> efforts be measured? As for programmers having time to study (and of
> course they claim to be poor).
>
> I think programming performance is still dominated by ability, not training.
Dr Peter Norvig, now Director of Machine Learning at Google, has a pithy
article germane to this discussion:
"Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years"
(http://www.norvig.com/21-days.html)
__Jason
Dr Jason Trenouth
Development Manager
Distributed Applications Group
Global Graphics Software
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