You make some rather large assumptions. How many programmers can actually write? Some of the worst english skills I have seen are from software engineers. Think about it? How many times have you complained about terrible documentation? Chances are that a programmer wrote it. After all would you rather write code or documentation? ;-)

With this in mind, you are most likely reading a writer who knows some programming. My friend writes for several WEB magazines and yet she would not call herself a talented web programmer/designer. Yet she is a good writer!

The date issue is superfluous as it is perfectly correct to write it in that fashion on paper. Y2K issues only matter on computer data.

Besides the rest of the world needs to keep in mind the US is the world! :PPPPPPPPPPPPP

In reply to Re: Re: theperljournal.com != TPJ by Marza
in thread theperljournal.com != TPJ by dws

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