Re: Bob needs a new catchphrase

From: Roy Hann <specially_at_processed.almost.meat>
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:00:46 -0000
Message-ID: <h_WdncgJPuOUptrYnZ2dnUVZ8s-dnZ2d@pipex.net>

"David Cressey" <dcressey_at_verizon.net> wrote in message news:51G1h.5560$ee4.5310_at_trndny06...
> I honestly think that this phenomenon, and others like it, keep occuring
> because most people learn programming before they learn data management.
> Perhaps in some future generation, people will learn the fundamentals of
> data before they learn how to write code.

I don't see that happening in my lifetime. I expect to be bogged down in what I call "artisan code" for the rest of my life. (Artisan code is code written by happy energetic amateurs operating on intuition and folklore.)

Roy Received on Tue Oct 31 2006 - 06:00:46 CST