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| From | Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Readability part II - comments |
| Date | 2015-04-16 16:45 +0100 |
| Organization | go, ion artisan! |
| Message-ID | <mgoldb$49v$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 16/04/15 15:54, James Kuyper wrote: > On 04/16/2015 08:21 AM, Richard Heathfield wrote: >> On 16/04/15 13:00, James Kuyper wrote: >>> On 04/16/2015 07:43 AM, Richard Heathfield wrote: >>>> On 16/04/15 12:36, James Kuyper wrote: >>>>> On 04/16/2015 07:18 AM, Richard Heathfield wrote: >>>>>> On 16/04/15 12:09, James Kuyper wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> <snip> >>>>>> >>>>>>> If we were to require English fluency of all programmers, we'd >>>>>> > be in big trouble. >>>>>> >>>>>> Yes. We'd have to fix the education system. It's a terrible thought, >>>>>> isn't it? >>>>> >>>>> How would that help? None of the people I'm referring to used our >>>>> education system - they used their home country's education system, >>>>> which we have no power to fix. >>>> >>>> >>>> But if we fixed /our/ education system (for local values of "our"), we >>>> wouldn't need to import programmers. This would be good for our local >>>> economy. And if /their/ education system (for local values of "their") >>>> were to stop them from being able to export programmers, perhaps they'd >>>> fix /their/ education system too, so that they could. I see wins all round. >>> >>> We're importing their programmers because their education system is >>> producing programmers good enough that we're willing to import them. Is >>> that really evidence that their education system needs fixing? >> >> Your argument appears to be that English fluency should not be a >> requirement for programmers working on English-based projects because >> you can't get enough programmers who are fluent in English. Clearly >> /something/ is broken /somewhere/. > > Sorry - I conceded a point, but only informed you of the fact > implicitly, by failing to object, which is a lousy way to communicate. And you appear to have slightly misunderstood my point, which is obviously my fault, so I'll fix that below. > I thought your original comment about "the" education system was in > reference to teaching English. When I realized you were talking about > the teaching of computer programming, I also realized that you were > right about that. We wouldn't need to import programmers if our > education system were producing enough adequately-trained programmers. 1) Did I say "the education system"? I did, didn't I? Oops - I apologise. Clearly "the" education system means nothing in a global context - there are many education systems, all of which have faults; 2) Yes, the teaching of computer programming needs to be improved, but: 3) So does the teaching of English! To summarise, what we really need is a sufficient supply of computer programmers who are capable of: (a) programming; (b) communicating effectively in the (human) language used by the project team. This subthread is a witness to the fact that we have yet to solve (b), let alone (a)! :-) But I hope we've managed at last to stumble across the line. -- Richard Heathfield Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk "Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999 Sig line 4 vacant - apply within
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Readability part II - comments Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-04-15 11:48 -0700
Re: Readability part II - comments David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-04-16 10:42 +0200
Re: Readability part II - comments Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-04-16 22:01 +1200
Re: Readability part II - comments Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-04-16 11:40 +0100
Re: Readability part II - comments James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-04-16 07:09 -0400
Re: Readability part II - comments Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-04-16 12:18 +0100
Re: Readability part II - comments James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-04-16 07:36 -0400
Re: Readability part II - comments Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-04-16 12:43 +0100
Re: Readability part II - comments James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-04-16 08:00 -0400
Re: Readability part II - comments Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-04-16 13:21 +0100
Re: Readability part II - comments James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-04-16 10:54 -0400
Re: Readability part II - comments Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-04-16 16:45 +0100
Re: Readability part II - comments Steve Thompson <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2015-04-16 18:00 +0000
Re: Readability part II - comments Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-04-16 04:52 -0700
Re: Readability part II - comments Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-04-16 16:40 +0100
Re: Readability part II - comments Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-04-18 03:33 -0700
Re: Readability part II - comments Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2015-04-16 21:10 -0500
Re: Readability part II - comments Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-04-16 17:20 +0100
Re: Readability part II - comments Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-04-16 17:53 +0100
Re: Readability part II - comments Steve Thompson <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2015-04-16 17:34 +0000
Re: Readability part II - comments Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-04-16 19:15 +0100
Re: Readability part II - comments Steve Thompson <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2015-04-16 18:25 +0000
Re: Readability part II - comments David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-04-16 12:45 +0200
Re: Readability part II - comments Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2015-04-16 17:31 +0000
Re: Readability part II - comments David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-04-17 10:48 +0200
Re: Readability part II - comments Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2015-04-18 06:35 +0000
Re: Readability part II - comments Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-04-18 19:47 +1200
Re: Readability part II - comments Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2015-04-18 12:54 +0000
Re: Readability part II - comments Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-04-19 08:43 +1200
Re: Readability part II - comments Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-04-19 12:36 +1200
Re: Readability part II - comments Greg Martin <greg.at.softsprocket@dot.com> - 2015-04-20 13:58 +0000
Re: Readability part II - comments Greg Martin <greg.at.softsprocket@dot.com> - 2015-04-20 21:02 +0000
Re: Readability part II - comments Greg Martin <greg.at.softsprocket@dot.com> - 2015-04-20 23:38 +0000
Re: Readability part II - comments Greg Martin <greg.at.softsprocket@dot.com> - 2015-04-21 01:12 +0000
Re: Readability part II - comments Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-04-21 16:39 +1200
Re: Readability part II - comments Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-04-18 14:21 -0400
Re: Readability part II - comments August Karlstrom <fusionfile@gmail.com> - 2015-04-16 19:18 +0200
Re: Readability part II - comments Greg Martin <greg.at.softsprocket@dot.com> - 2015-04-17 16:16 +0000
Re: Readability part II - comments John Bode <jfbode1029@gmail.com> - 2015-04-20 09:19 -0700
Re: Readability part II - comments asetofsymbols@gmail.com - 2015-04-20 11:15 -0700
Re: Readability part II - comments David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-04-20 11:37 -0700
Re: Readability part II - comments Steve Thompson <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2015-04-22 02:02 +0000
Re: Readability part II - comments David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-04-22 09:48 -0700
Re: Readability part II - comments Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-04-21 12:40 -0700
Re: Readability part II - comments Greg Martin <greg.at.softsprocket@dot.com> - 2015-04-21 21:24 +0000
Re: Readability part II - comments Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-04-23 21:57 -0700
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