stever@videovax.Tek.COM (Steven E. Rice, P.E.) (12/04/86)
In article <3710@vax4.tc.fluke.COM>, David Whitlock (star@tc.fluke.COM)
plants his tongue firmly in his cheek and adds to the noise being
broadcast about how well (or poorly) engineers spell. Where did this
nonsense come from?
My experience has been quite the opposite -- that engineers have a
tendency to pay attention to details, including spelling. After all, if
a person can learn and retain the myriad details that characterize the
operation of a semiconductor device, he should be able to learn and
retain the relatively simple rules of English, along with a reasonable
knowledge of when an exception applies! Of course, there are some
individuals that have dyslexia or another learning disability that
makes such learning difficult, but surely we aren't all brain-damaged!
(On second thought, we *did* decide to become engineers. . .)
Steve Rice
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{decvax | hplabs | ihnp4 | uw-beaver}!tektronix!videovax!steveree162faq@sdcc7.ucsd.EDU (Here/There at once) (12/08/86)
"relatively simple rule for english"??? oh really, so when was the last time you [meticulous engineers] tried writing an english interface (natural language..) or a Teachable Language Comprehender or even a *simple* Context Free Grammer for the english? GOBS and GOBS of code... _NO_ *simple* solution to define the language. I wish there was a simple solution, it would make my work a lot easier. On the other hand, the challenges would vanish... John 7OHN