> Uche Ogbuji replied:
>
> As a hard-core programmer, I would scramble to distance myself from
> such sentiment as quickly as possible. It sounds like entirely
> unwarranted arrogance. Then again, I'm not surprised. Programming
> has as a profession one of the worst records of hypocrisy in its
> regard for the laity versus the professionalism of its own practice.
>
> In simpler language, programmers love to sneer at its users, while
> keeping mute to the appallingly low levels of professionalism in their
> own ranks. Having spent a lot of time in XML-related development, I
> can tell you that programmers of XML systems have no cause to feel
> smug given how badly most of us butcher markup principles in our work.
Dude, this was intended as a humorous "jab" to help illustrate the exact
sentiment you're describing only turned against programmers on this
list.
-aaron
http://staff.develop.com/aarons
