Gerry Creager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > They may or may not have sufficient computer science training when > they started, and they may or may not get formal training in the > course of their degree process, but don't discount the computer > science training they acquired along the way.
I've known some people without any real training that are great programmers. Indeed, most of the virtuosi of the field have had unrelated backgrounds. Far more, however, are really horrible at it, and it hurts their code a lot, on usability, maintainability and performance. There are just too many things they don't know. "What is a hash table?" they say, or "What is this `state machine' you speak of, strange person?" We are, however, getting far afield. Perry -- Perry E. Metzger [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
