Computer Experts

[Kenneth L Moore]

Now that the transients from my yahoo postings are dying out, I'd like
to share some thoughts on CS majors with the readers of this bboard.

I have been programming for more years than I care to relate, but I
don't feel that I make a patch on a good CS programmers pants when it
comes to coding.

You CS people are disciplined to program efficiently and are great at
it.  I constantly wish that I had your skills. To you these abilities
are second nature, but to me they are difficult. (That is why good
programmers are pulling down 30K plus with a BS degree.)

I used to design nuclear reactors and you should see the code that
engineers and scientists come up with. Yuuuck! Spaghetti everywhere.

Please no flames from engineers and scientists who think that they know
coding. If you really do, you are the exception and not the rule. 

The last time I started a research project that involved a lot of coding
the first thing that I did was consult with several of my CS friends.
Was I ever glad that I did. They advised me on several issues of
fundamental importance that I hadn't even thought about.  (i.e. That
object oriented data base representation might be a better way to
organize the material I was working with.)

So anyway, lets try to foster mutual respect and work together to solve
the problems we all face. Inter-discipline interaction is where it is at,
but it requires us to all work harmoniously.


Sincerely,

Kenneth L. Moore