M$ adds on Linux Today

[Ben Duncan]

Hmm, along these subject lines, and whilst researching "Searching"
technigues (why, oh why, does a Application Programmer like me
wants to become a CS whiz so late in life?) for my SLAG project and
of course, it all leads back to the great demi-god, KNUTH ...

http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/09/16/knuth/print.html

I think the articles sums it all up ...

"But modern keyboard jocks no longer worry about things like saving 11 microseconds in each 
iteration of a binary tree search (if they even know what a binary tree is). Instead, they 
spend their time assembling prefab software components and designing graphical user 
interfaces to wow clients. Some "write" whole systems having never even seen a line of code."

Kurt Wall wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 05:25:08PM -0400, David Bandel took 49 lines to write:
> 
> [Sivernell too old for 30-somthing hiring managers]
> 

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> In their dreams, maybe. I think what you and I and the other so-called
> dinosaurs have on MCSEs and the like is that we understand the
> underlying technology, not just how to point and click our way through
> through any particular implementation of said technology.

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