Re: Assembly or ....ok

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From: Bob Rogers
Date: Sat, 03 Dec 1988 06:55

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In article <6286@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> elg@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Eric Green) writes:
>I have long advocated that programmers need to know more than how to
>feed Pascal and "C" to a "black box" that spits out answers.....

Amen!  This debate reminds me of a comment in a book on blacksmithing I once
read.  The author had the benefit of German technical school training in 
metalworking.  He told of how the entire first year was spent on metal filing.

There's a lot to be said for knowing the basics.
-- 

Bob Rogers                    rogers@stpaul.ncr.com  or  rogers@pnet51.cts.com
NCR Comten, St. Paul, MN      GEnie: R.C.ROGERS

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From: rogers@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM (Bob Rogers)
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Subject: Re: Assembly or ....ok
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Date: 3 Dec 88 06:55:38 GMT
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