Subj : Strange a bit
To   : MORTAR M.
From : Mike Powell
Date : Sat Nov 30 2024 12:07:00

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

> And your both missing the point.  Consider the context of the msg. as a whole
> and you might gleam what I'm saying.

Unless you were being sarcastic, I am not missing the point.  Many
programmers I know, especially once that never learned COBOL, really have
issues with written communication.

Their reading skills are sometimes awful, too.  I cannot count the number
of times I would email something to a developer only to have them show up
at my desk where I would repeat (often word for word) what was in the email
so that they could understand it.

Unless your original post was in sarcasm, I don't agree with it.

As an aside, I will say there are many programmers who participate in the
BBS networks that don't seem to have as much of a problem with writing and
reading.  I have never worked alongside any of the programmers I have
conversed with on BBSes.  For whatever reason, many I meet in real life are
lacking in both.


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