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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,52a0bacbcdd2da17 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-15 07:37:55 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!easynews.net!newsfeed3.easynews.net!newsfeed.vmunix.org!uio.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Realtime/embedded project to help with employment. Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 14:37:54 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1060958274 5429 129.241.83.78 (15 Aug 2003 14:37:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 14:37:54 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41519 Date: 2003-08-15T14:37:54+00:00 List-Id: Chad R. Meiners wrote: >> Making software is something everybody can do if they want to. > > This is false. I have met people that cannot construct software even though > they tried very hard to learn how to program. Writing software is an > inherently complex task, like mathematics and other problem solving skills. And I know people who cannot sing, dance, paint etc... :-) >> Just like everybody can paint, but only a few actually manage to make >> a living out of it. > > There are probably more people than you think that make their livings > by painting. Remember if you paint houses or cars for a living, you > are still painting for a living ;-) (furthermore, the people that hold > these jobs rarely do so because they have a 'real talent' at painting > a wall) I meant art painting. But, to use your trickery of words ;-), one could also say that everybody can program their coffee machine to make coffe or the stove to cook a pizza etc... So programming doesn't need much talent either ;-) -- �I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet. So who am I to judge.� - The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radioplay)