On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, David Cantrell wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 11:21:57AM -0600, Elaine -HFB- Ashton wrote:
>
> > :) I think you are missing my point here. The plumber who is skilled in a
> > trade probably thinks you are an idiot when you manage to mangle your own
> > pipes and have to call him to fix it for you.
>
> However, I don't question the plumber's competence, or indeed pretend to
> anyone including myself that I can do a good job of it. The same should
> apply to programming. If I were to try my hand at re-plumbing my kitchen,
> I know I'd make a god-awful mess, and I am intelligent enough to not
> attempt it. The great unwashed should approach programming the same way.
My old mans a catering lecture and pub landlord but just did all teh
electrics and plumbing in the gutted cottage he bought in redruth in
conrwall. He did so well that the gasman was surprised with the negligable
drop in pressure when he tested.
Now he is going to learn dreamweaver and I talked him into learning perl
instead of java - because it would suit what he wants to do (mostly matts
script kind of stuff) and pointed him at ora. I wish more people are like
that, rather than people who believe that because they can write a word
macro they are a programmer.
I have been training at kung fu for 6 months and I still am not ready to
take the first grading, I know I'm not good at it yet but I also know that
I have a good instructor and that I can and will be good at it and I'll
get it right, not just learn a couple of 10 minute self defense class
rubbish.
bah! This is more (void) than (void)
A.
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