On Tue, 26 Aug 2008, Ed Hill wrote:
And I don't mean to sound like a cheezy motivational speaker but if each of us is willing to study the texts a bit, read others' code, and learn-by-doing then I don't think there is anything that prevents us from becoming capable programmers. Or engineers. Or chefs. Or system administrators. Or..., well, you get the idea. :-)
You bet! In the words of R. A. Heinlein, "specialization is for insects". rgb (Who has had three whole courses in programming, lifetime -- and has by now taught more courses in it than that... and who's not a bad cook, or systems administrator, either...;-) -- Robert G. Brown Phone(cell): 1-919-280-8443 Duke University Physics Dept, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Web: http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb Book of Lilith Website: http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/Lilith/Lilith.php Lulu Bookstore: http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=877977 _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
