ba0k+@andrew.cmu.edu (Brian Patrick Arnold) (07/27/90)
Another case study on who programs the Mac. I'm a BS'd Mechanical Engineer and I was hired to develop a Mac application because the (CS) persons interviewed before me had trouble with the concept of a user interface. Of course the app is Engineering-related and its primary users are Mech-E's so all this hacking hasn't totally invalidated my degree (yet). Well, okay, I also use MacApp (hah!). I, Brian P. Arnold, an admitted Engineer, refuse to use Fortran, on a Mac or on any computer ever. There, I said it. I've now broken with my past and can now live among the Mac hacker Cult, if I could ever get sufficiently proficient to be called one... - Brian
anderson@Apple.COM (Clark Anderson) (07/27/90)
From: ba0k+@andrew.cmu.edu (Brian Patrick Arnold): >I, Brian P. Arnold, an admitted Engineer, refuse to use Fortran, on a >Mac or on any computer ever. There, I said it. I've now broken with my >past and can now live among the Mac hacker Cult... Not quite. You also have to disavow the use of BASIC and COBOL... --clark -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Clark Anderson InterNet: anderson@apple.com CPU Engineering AppleLink: C.ANDERSON Apple Computer, Inc BellNet: 408-974-4593 "I speak only for myself, much to my employer's relief..." -------------------------------------------------------------
freek@fwi.uva.nl (Freek Wiedijk) (07/27/90)
In article <43384@apple.Apple.COM> anderson@Apple.COM (Clark Anderson) writes: > >From: ba0k+@andrew.cmu.edu (Brian Patrick Arnold): >>I, Brian P. Arnold, an admitted Engineer, refuse to use Fortran, on a >>Mac or on any computer ever. There, I said it. I've now broken with my >>past and can now live among the Mac hacker Cult... > >Not quite. You also have to disavow the use of BASIC and COBOL... What about disavowing "C"? Freek "the Pistol Major" Wiedijk Path: uunet!fwi.uva.nl!freek #P:+/ = #+/P?*+/ = i<<*+/P?*+/ = +/i<<**P?*+/ = +/(i<<*P?)*+/ = +/+/(i<<*P?)**
lins@Apple.COM (Chuck Lins) (07/28/90)
In article <1171@carol.fwi.uva.nl> freek@fwi.uva.nl (Freek Wiedijk) writes: >In article <43384@apple.Apple.COM> anderson@Apple.COM (Clark Anderson) writes: >> >>From: ba0k+@andrew.cmu.edu (Brian Patrick Arnold): >>>I, Brian P. Arnold, an admitted Engineer, refuse to use Fortran, on a >>>Mac or on any computer ever. There, I said it. I've now broken with my >>>past and can now live among the Mac hacker Cult... >> >>Not quite. You also have to disavow the use of BASIC and COBOL... > >What about disavowing "C"? And giving total devotion to C++ :-) All praises to Barney! ;-) -- Chuck Lins | "Is this the kind of work you'd like to do?" Apple Computer, Inc. | -- Front 242 20525 Mariani Avenue | Internet: lins@apple.com Mail Stop 37-BD | AppleLink: LINS@applelink.apple.com Cupertino, CA 95014 | "Self-proclaimed Object Oberon Evangelist" The intersection of Apple's ideas and my ideas yields the empty set.