Re: OT: The Geek defense


"Pete Dashwood" <dashwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:48:52 +1300, "Pete Dashwood"
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Nope. You are woefully out of touch. The tools we have now can be used
to
build better tools. The days of telling computers what to do, line by
line,
are definitely numbered. We don't need to and it is far too expensive
to do
so. Who codes in assembler any more? No need to. Why don't we? It's the
same
argument.

But My Way is right. Those young whippersnappers who don't see
things my way will suffer for their heresy.

Not sure if you're aiming that at me or at Judson, Howard :-)

If at me, all I can say is, while I firmly believe what I wrote, I don't
see it as Holy Writ and I certainly wouldn't want to punish anyone who
disagrees.

(Except maybe that Gunshannon guy who doesn't believe in positronic
brains... yeah... we'll put him on the list...Linux lover... he needs to
be cast into the Lake of Fire... Come the Day.... mumble... rant...)

Pete.
--
"I used to write COBOL...now I can do anything."


Said the guy who believes only web applications are chic and desktop apps
are so yesterday ;-)
Charlie, that is so unfair.

I said I find desktop (and any kind of non-networked, so that would
include most legacy mainframe apps.) to be quaint.

That doesn't mean I won't write them, or develop them. Neither does it
mean I would punish anyone who disagreed with me...:-)

As for things being "yesterday", that is a fashion statement and I never
made it.

Web applications are simply more useful in a world where the Web is
becoming more ubiquitous and bringing computer power to everybody.

I really don't care what is chic and what is yesterday; I definitely care
about what is useful.

Pete.
--
"I used to write COBOL...now I can do anything."


I have nothing against web apps but they are not best for "everything".
Sorry I did not mean to mischaracterize your remarks. My comments probably
reflect more my internal reaction. I guess it just hit a nerve as I am
unlikely to ever get a chance to develop web applications. For several years
my job has been frustrating for reasons I best not get into here and I feel
my career nearing its end with no relief forthcoming. After retirement I
would imagine most things I am interested in programming would be just on my
desktop machine assuming I don't just give up programming for some other
interests..


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