Re: FSF : lackeys of their corporate masters

[David Kastrup]

darkred@myway.com (Snuffelluffogus) writes:

> sholden@cs.usyd.edu.au (Sam Holden) wrote in message 
> news:<slrnc9lr4g.tcf.sholden@flexal.cs.usyd.edu.au>...
> > On Thu, 06 May 2004 18:00:19 -0700, Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu> wrote:
> > > Snuffelluffogus <darkred@myway.com> writes:
> > > 
> > >> I have seen much code written by self-taught programmers.  It
> > >> most sucks.
> > > 
> > > I hate to break this to you, but most people with CS degrees are
> > > still self-taught programmers.  We do a very poor job of
> > > actually teaching programming (as opposed to theory).
> > 
> > Which is OK, since CS is not programming.
> 
> My point exactly. You can't expect good engineering out of a CS
> person, because they don't have either an engineering degree, or the
> proper attitude about solving problems the right way.

You should not take everything your dad tells you as gospel.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum