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- To: Uche Ogbuji <Uche.Ogbuji@fourthought.com>
- Subject: Re: [xml-dev] The Airplane Example (was Re: [xml-dev] Streaming XML)
- From: Alan Gutierrez <alan-xml-dev@engrm.com>
- Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 15:26:00 -0500
- Cc: "M. David Peterson" <m.david.x2x2x@gmail.com>, Benjamin Franz <snowhare@nihongo.org>, XML Developers List <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
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* Uche Ogbuji <Uche.Ogbuji@fourthought.com> [2005-01-01 14:20]:
> On Fri, 2004-12-31 at 12:27 -0500, Alan Gutierrez wrote:
> > > > By the end of this century, I will be amazed if you will
> > > > still be able to call yourself a 'software
> > > > engineer/progammer' without a legally mandated
> > > > certification, license and professional standards.
> > Uh, riiiight. And, in the future, if I attempt to create an
> > Excel macro, my spread sheet will notifiy the authorities.
> Having had the unfortunate experience of dealing with some truly
> medieval spreadsheet hackery, I can't say I'm not looking forward to
> such a day <duck/>.
> Seriously, I agree with Franz, and I don't see where he could be seen to
> have insulted anyone particular.
Not insulted. Rolling my eyes.
> Remember that anyone can fetch some paracetamol/acitominophen for their
> friend with a headache, or apply a bandage to the calf of a comrade who
> suffered a strain on a soccer pitch, but that does not give them the
> right to call themselves a "doctor" in any official capacity.
Medecine is a poor anaology to software.
Why not go with: by the end of the century, software is
ubiquitous, in the monied nations, at least, and that all
professions require a person to be a programmer.
--
Alan Gutierrez - alan@engrm.com
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