From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f43e6,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,4b06f8f15f01a568 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public From: pygmy@eskimo.com (Frank Sergeant) Subject: Re: College, C, etc. Date: 1998/10/25 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 405290229 References: <6skfs7$2s6$1@hirame.wwa.com> <35F252DD.5187538@earthlink.net> <6t4dge$t8u$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <6t5mtp$4ho$1@news.indigo.ie> <35FFE58C.5727@ibm.net> <3600E72E.24C93C94@cl.cam.ac.uk> <6ts1q0$vo2$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <361DBC60.C153BBAD@earthlink.net> <36228EC3.4F7381FD@domain.nul> <3630b064.23189339@news.supernews.com> <3630C8DC.DF508803@fv.com> Organization: Eskimo North (206) For-Ever Reply-To: frank.sergeant@pobox.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada Originator: pygmy@eskimo.com Date: 1998-10-25T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <3630C8DC.DF508803@fv.com>, Darren New wrote: > You need to understand correctness, robustness, how to interpret what > the customer's asking for and turn it into what the customer wants > (never the same), how to pick what language you'll use (I paid for my ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Ph.D. by picking the right language :-), ... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ It sounds like there might an interesting story in that. Would you be willing to post (or email) it? -- Frank frank.sergeant@pobox.com