kenmoore@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Kenneth L Moore) (11/20/89)
Now that the transients from my yahoo postings are dying out, I'd like to share some thoughts on CS majors with the readers of this bboard. I have been programming for more years than I care to relate, but I don't feel that I make a patch on a good CS programmers pants when it comes to coding. You CS people are disciplined to program efficiently and are great at it. I constantly wish that I had your skills. To you these abilities are second nature, but to me they are difficult. (That is why good programmers are pulling down 30K plus with a BS degree.) I used to design nuclear reactors and you should see the code that engineers and scientists come up with. Yuuuck! Spaghetti everywhere. Please no flames from engineers and scientists who think that they know coding. If you really do, you are the exception and not the rule. The last time I started a research project that involved a lot of coding the first thing that I did was consult with several of my CS friends. Was I ever glad that I did. They advised me on several issues of fundamental importance that I hadn't even thought about. (i.e. That object oriented data base representation might be a better way to organize the material I was working with.) So anyway, lets try to foster mutual respect and work together to solve the problems we all face. Inter-discipline interaction is where it is at, but it requires us to all work harmoniously. Sincerely, Kenneth L. Moore
jarnot@canisius.UUCP (Repo Man) (11/21/89)
In article <20736@unix.cis.pitt.edu>, kenmoore@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Kenneth L Moore) writes: > [lotsa stuff about respecting computer scientists] > > So anyway, lets try to foster mutual respect and work together to solve > the problems we all face. Inter-discipline interaction is where it is at, > but it requires us to all work harmoniously. > Here here!!! Kevin -- ...!{decvax|watmath|allegra|rocksvax}!sunybcs!canisius!jarnot jarnot@klaatu.cs.canisius.edu Canisius College: the small Buffalo college that KNOWS it's small, but still has a big ego anyways...
chip@ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg) (11/21/89)
According to kenmoore@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Kenneth L Moore): >I used to design nuclear reactors and you should see the code that >engineers and scientists come up with. Yuuuck! Spaghetti everywhere. Please tell me this is a joke. >So anyway, lets try to foster mutual respect and work together to solve >the problems we all face. Inter-discipline interaction is where it is at, >but it requires us to all work harmoniously. And, of course, it should restrain people who don't know the answers from trying to give the answers they don't have. But apparently it doesn't. [By the way, I think the login "yahoo" was much more appropriate...] -- You may redistribute this article only to those who may freely do likewise. Chip Salzenberg at A T Engineering; <chip@ateng.com> or <uunet!ateng!chip> "Did I ever tell you the Jim Gladding story about the binoculars?"