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From: chuqui@nsc.UUCP
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Subject: Re: the last, no really, the last flame on spelling.  Really.
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Date: Mon, 30-Jan-84 13:12:57 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 30 13:12:57 1984
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Maybe I am expecting too much, but on my desk I have half a bookshelf of
books on my second favorite language, 'C'. I also have my dictionary, my
Strunk and White, and my Thesaurus (and, of course, my Milne).

It seems only logical to me that if you use a language a lot of the
time, it only makes sense to keep the reference works around that will
assist you in using it properly. (The reason I have only those three
books on English is because I do most of my writing at home, so most of
my library is there where I use it). I don't know about the rest of you,
but I spend a LOT more time working in English than I do in C. The only
difference is that when you work in C, there is a machine on the other end
that isn't quite as forgiving as most of humanity.

C'mon folks! I assume you take pride in your work and your code. You should
realize that you're writing and speaking are used to judge you much more
than your code ever will be, and take some pride in that too. It's
ridiculous that someone inteliigent enough to manhandle a computer into
submission and learn the witchcraft we call programming can't/won't learn
to handle the language they grew up with (I know I am making as assumption
here, but I think it is valid in most cases. If not, consider yourself
exempted. This time.)


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