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From: KK6GM <mjsilva@scriptoriumdesigns.com>
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Subject: Re: How do I write directly to a memory address?
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On Feb 9, 9:15=A0am, Hyman Rosen <hyro...@mail.com> wrote:
> On 2/9/2011 11:46 AM, KK6GM wrote:
>
> >> I submit that it's all of a piece - it's programmers staying in
> >> their comfort zones instead of understanding that custom and style
> >> change and should be accommodated, not scorned.
>
> > Is that really the main point you took away from the three articles
> > (articles about software engineering _education_, let us not forget)?
>
> Yes. If I'm going to believe someone who is claiming that
> certain things are wrong and need to be improved, I want
> to look at their work to see evidence that it is better
> than that of the people they criticize. Instead, I see
> people who have had to be dragged kicking and screaming
> into modernity, and who haven't completed the trip.

You seem unwilling to distinguish between productivity-enhancing tools
that may be used used by people who _are_ trained in X, and concepts
that might be beneficial to people _being_ trained in X.

And again, that you would focus on a throw-away line and ignore the
arguments being presented is just odd.