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> > Please, is there a program for filling our tax forms under Linux ?
> > I don't care if it's for terminal or X11.
>
> <http://gnutaxes.sourceforge.net/> is the nearest platform-specific
> thing; it is something less than alphaware, being pretty much in the
> "some people are thinking about thinking about it."
>
> Any thought that this will be usable for Canadian taxation for 2000
> would be _severely_ delusional.  [And the fact that they were looking
> for "logic programming" people working in C is _also_ delusional; they
> should have looked at encoding tax rules in Prolog or some constraint
> logic language such as CLP, Oz/Mozart, LIFE, Mercury, ...]
>

software design can be done using any number of software development
techniques. One of the main objectives of current software design is to be
non-language specific. Then the design can be brought to light using any
language to enable the design. Of coarse during the design progess a
language or languages is choosen that best meets the project objectives and
needs. So i can design the "tax rules" (probable set up for me by tax
accountants) using software design methologies (flow charts etc) and then
for example give it to a programming team using C++ for example and also to
a team using delphi and I should get the same results. So I would not jump
to conclusions based on them looking for people who are capable of working
in in C (all programming is logic, but I think I know what you are getting
at with your quote, and you have a valid point). I am sure the C guys will
not be involved the top level business rules phase (unless they have
expertise to offer in this area). They will be given designs for units to
code, within the overall project framework. In any major project there is
always need for a bit of C! I make a great living coding in C and yes my
knuckles do drag on the ground when I walk ;-).

That said I have to agree that taxes and such would make a great
product/service for  online delivery thats non-platform specific. And since
tax rules are always changing it would make sense to have this application
on the server side where it can be kept updated. These are the type of apps
that make sense as a service (unlike a word processer for example).