From: diederich_r_%ncsd.dnet@gte.com (Ray Diederich (301)-294-8400)
Subject: No more English flames, please!
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 91 10:36:47 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9107121436.AA21070@bunny.gte.com> (raw)
In article <EACHUS.91Jul9173612@largo.mitre.org>, (Robert I. Eachus) writes:
> Dikstra once said that the best predictor of success in the field
>of programming was a person's ability to use their native language.
I made a correction to this sentence, and was later inundated with mail
correcting my corrections. Come on, folks! Don't you see the irony in this?
The statement is about ability to make proper use of native language, and it
contains a grammatical error!
My public apologies to both Robert I. Eachus and Alexander Erskine Wise. I'm
probably a worse writer than either of you. The smartass attitude expressed in
my posting was intended to be facetious.
_My_ native language is Ada, until I can find a suitable English compiler. :-)
Anyone interested can continue this discussion on alt.language.english.
Ray Diederich
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