>But now they think of computers as toys that children use. For years, programming was considered a skill (or an art). The, visi-calc (and successors) came out.
I've seen many a non-programming type (secretaries, VP's, accountants, and other usual suspects) build spreadsheets and assume, that because they typed it in, the figures were accurate. Not learning any programming discipline, they never learned to check for boundary conditions, cross-checking of rows vs columns, etc. I've seen corporate reports with tables with !#DIV/0 in the final product. I wish I could still find a copy of an article, from last year, that stated most re-statements of earnings were due to people without the discipline just dumping data into a spread sheet (without checking). Now, secretaries are preparing financial documentation, rather than professional accountants. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
