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Re: Is Programing Art or Science?

From Emile van Sebille <emile@fenx.com>
Subject Re: Is Programing Art or Science?
Date 2012-04-02 17:04 -0700
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On 4/2/2012 4:52 PM Jürgen Exner said...
> "Pascal J. Bourguignon"<pjb@informatimago.com>  wrote:
>> ccc31807<cartercc@gmail.com>  writes:
>>
>>> Programming is neither an art nor a science, but a trade.
>
> Oh, that's why it is tought in trade schools alongside butchery,
> plumbing, masonry, and chimney sweeping

Yes -- back when we opened our first programming/consulting shop in 
1999, our first employee was a trade school grad -- maybe ICS or ICT in 
San Francisco?

> and why you don't find any
> programming classes at university.


Nobody said that the only option to learn programming was in university. 
  Lots of us self-taught well before then....

Emile




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Is Programing Art or Science? Xah Lee <xahlee@gmail.com> - 2012-03-30 01:27 -0700
  Re: Is Programing Art or Science? ccc31807 <cartercc@gmail.com> - 2012-03-30 11:49 -0700
    Re: Is Programing Art or Science? "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2012-04-02 23:48 +0200
      Re: Is Programing Art or Science? Jürgen Exner <jurgenex@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-02 16:52 -0700
        Re: Is Programing Art or Science? Emile van Sebille <emile@fenx.com> - 2012-04-02 17:04 -0700
        Re: Is Programing Art or Science? Tim Bradshaw <tfb@tfeb.org> - 2012-04-03 10:42 +0100
      Re: Is Programing Art or Science? ccc31807 <cartercc@gmail.com> - 2012-04-03 10:00 -0700
        Re: Is Programing Art or Science? "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2012-04-03 20:27 +0200
          Re: Is Programing Art or Science? ccc31807 <cartercc@gmail.com> - 2012-04-03 12:39 -0700
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  Re: Is Programing Art or Science? Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> - 2012-04-03 10:42 +0000
    Re: Is Programing Art or Science? Alec Taylor <alec.taylor6@gmail.com> - 2012-04-03 22:43 +1000
  Re: Is Programing Art or Science? Peter Davis <Peter.Davis@mathworks.com> - 2012-04-03 09:20 -0400
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