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From: colonel@ellie.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman)
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Subject: Re: programmar or softwair enginere
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Date: Thu, 13-Feb-86 10:49:09 EST
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> > > I myself have a business card that says ``Principal Software Engineer.''
> > >						^^^^^^^^^
> > 	Is that "princiPLE" as in "chief" or "head" Software Engineer?
> > 	... or "princiPAL", as in the head of a school, (say, COMPUTER
> > 	TRAINING INSTITUTE)?? 	:-)	:-)	:-)	:-)
> > 							noemi
> 
> No, Noemi, that means he's a programmer like you.        
> 
> ray

I doubt it.  Programmers and software engineers both misspell words,
but it usually takes a software engineer (or a computer scientist)
to flame you for getting something right.


	"Mr. System Manager, how do you spell "headache"?
	"I spell it, H-A-C-K-E-R-S!"
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
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