Re: FN-FORUM: FW: Arrays

date posted 17th January 2006 16:59

On Tuesday 17 Jan 2006 2:39 pm, Ben Moxon wrote:

> The main things you need are the ability ot analyse things logically, =
a
> very close eye for detail and lots and lots of practice.=20



Pretty much bang on the money, Ben.

The noted computer scientist Edsger Dijkstra once said:
"Besides a mathematical inclination, an exceptionally good mastery of=20
one's native tongue is the most vital asset of a competent programmer."
[http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/cs655/readings/ewd498.html]

Not everyone agrees, but if I had a bunch of CVs to look at, I'd put
the ones with Maths degrees (NOT computer science) top of the pile,
and throw away all those where the covering letter contained poor
grammar or spelling.

In my opinion programming is one of those things where there are
wide variations in aptitude.

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