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   Mike Powell to MORTAR M.   
   Strange a bit   
   30 Nov 24 12:07:00   
   
   TZUTC: -0500   
   MSGID: 2233.englisht@1:2320/105 2bb0894c   
   REPLY: 2668.fido_englisht@1:124/5016 2bae66f7   
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   TID: SBBSecho 3.20-Linux master/acc19483f Apr 26 2024 23:04 GCC 12.2.0   
   BBSID: CAPCITY2   
   CHRS: CP437 2   
   >  > As someone else pointed out, compilers catch a lot of their goofs for   
   them.   
      
   > And your both missing the point.  Consider the context of the msg. as a whole   
   > and you might gleam what I'm saying.   
      
   Unless you were being sarcastic, I am not missing the point.  Many   
   programmers I know, especially once that never learned COBOL, really have   
   issues with written communication.   
      
   Their reading skills are sometimes awful, too.  I cannot count the number   
   of times I would email something to a developer only to have them show up   
   at my desk where I would repeat (often word for word) what was in the email   
   so that they could understand it.   
      
   Unless your original post was in sarcasm, I don't agree with it.   
      
   As an aside, I will say there are many programmers who participate in the   
   BBS networks that don't seem to have as much of a problem with writing and   
   reading.  I have never worked alongside any of the programmers I have   
   conversed with on BBSes.  For whatever reason, many I meet in real life are   
   lacking in both.   
      
      
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