7 Apr
2004
7 Apr
'04
1:01 p.m.
>>>> "Tony" == Tony Duell
<ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk> writes:
> Its the same for every tech profession, nobody
wants to get their
> hands
Tony> s/nobody/nobody except ARD/
Tony> :-)
> dirty learning the basics. Everything it taught by
computer
> simulations where the user has no clue what is really going on at
> the basic level
Tony> I remember a quote attributed to I.K. Brunell : 'Any third-rate
Tony> engineer can make a complicated device more complicated. It
Tony> takes a genius to go back to first principles'.
That certainly explains the difference between the CDC 6600 and the
IBM 360.
paul