Subj : Strange a bit
To   : MORTAR M.
From : Mike Powell
Date : Mon Nov 25 2024 10:40:00

> If social media's any indication, I'd say it's more like devolving.  What's
> really weird is reading posts from programmers--a skill where precision is
> essential--who seem unable to write a sentence without committing spelling,
> punctuation or other grammatical error, often all at once.

As someone else pointed out, compilers catch a lot of their goofs for them.

Unless they are a COBOL programmer, most languages don't look much
like English.  Having worked for years as a programmer (COBOL) in a shop
where we had multiple programming languages in use, I am not at all shocked
that programmers have such issues when it comes to expressing themselves in
writing.

Mike


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