5 Apr
2000
5 Apr
'00
2:22 p.m.
On Wed, 5 Apr 2000, Gary Hildebrand wrote:
In my job search, I have found that 'computer
literacy' really means
'Microsoft software literacy'. There is little interest in actual
programming (C, Forth, Basic, etc,) or alternate o/s like Linux or any of
the U**x clones out there. They simply want someone who can unravel the
bugs inherant in the bloated code of Windoze version-this-week.
I was at the Programming sectin of the local Computer Book store last
week, only to discover that "Programming" == Visual Basic, C on Windows
and that's about it.
I wonder what I learnt at Uni should be called? I used to program in Algol
(60 and 68), Pascal, BCPL, Simula-67 and BLISS-10... At least one of them
is still current!
Huw Davies | e-mail: Huw.Davies(a)kerberos.davies.net.au
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