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From: Dwight K. Elvey <dwight.elvey_at_amd.com>
Date: Mon Jun 21 19:19:01 2004

>From: "Jay West" <jwest_at_classiccmp.org>
>
>> Yes, but writing compilers is a specialty.
>I disagree... for comp sci majors. If you don't understand lexical and
>syntax analysis, code generation and optimization, and the necessary data
>structures (this is the most important part), for your whole career in
>computer science you are walking on sand.
>
>Jay West
>
>

Hi
 I think the most important part of someone going into
software writing is learning how to deal with making
mistakes. The rest, a person will eventually learn.
Dealing with making mistakes takes a different kind
of person. They either learn to deal with it or find
a chicken farm someplace in Iowa.
Dwight
Received on Mon Jun 21 2004 - 19:19:01 BST