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From: koopman@a.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Philip Koopman)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: Real programmers
Summary: we don't need no stinking degrees!
Keywords: forth
Message-ID: <5558@pt.cs.cmu.edu>
Date: 18 Jul 89 13:58:42 GMT
References: <8907171553.AA17414@lilac.berkeley.edu> <7135@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> <1065@acf3.NYU.EDU>
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In article <1065@acf3.NYU.EDU>, sabbagh@acf3.NYU.EDU (sabbagh) writes:
> Finally, I am concerned that most FORTH programmers have a prejudice
> against people with college degrees ;-).

You might be surprised to find out that most Forth practitioners
(at least the ones at the Forth conferences) have college degrees.
In fact, a surprisingly large proportion of them have Ph.D. degrees.
They also are predominantly first-born male children.

The only thing is, almost none of the degrees have anything to
do with computers....

  Phil Koopman, Ph.D.                koopman@greyhound.ece.cmu.edu   Arpanet
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I don't speak for them, and they don't speak for me.