Elizabeth Dodd wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 17:29, Tim Churches wrote:
>> Yes, there is clearly a lot more work needed on the coding routines, but
>> remember that this was something put together by undergraduate students
>> in just a week or so, and given that, I think it shows a lot of promise.
>> I suspect that what Jon and his students learn from the text submitted
>> will be invaluable for scoping out the extent and difficulty of further
>> development. I think this is an exciting project, and I'd much rather
>> see time (and perhaps some modest funding) being invested in things like
>> this than for us to collectively put our brains in neutral and instead
>> just get out the cheque book (Standards Australia will no doubt insist
>> that should be check book) and buy (very expensive) software from
>> companies such as http://www.healthlanguage.com
>
> that's why, although a late starter I have started putting in entries and 
> subsequent comments

Yes, sorry, my argument was intended to be rhetorical, not directed
specifically at you, Liz. I know that you don't suffer from the national
tendency to technological cargo cultism [1].

Tim C

[1] Credit for the phrase "technological cargo cult" is due to the
Department of Redundancy Dept.



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