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From: guycole@netcom.com (Guy Cole)
Subject: Re: Yourdan's recent article on SM
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Marten Feldtmann (marten@toppoint.de) wrote:
: guycole@netcom.com (Guy Cole) writes:

: >skykeys@ibm.net wrote:
: >: Has anyone read Ed Yourdan's recent (April 96) article 
: >: in Application Development Strategies intitled "The Future of Smalltalk"? 
: >: I thought the article would have raised a few eyebrows by now.  

: >I find Ed Yourdan quite easy to dismiss.  Just have a look at "The Decline
: >and Fall of the American Programmer" and think about the industry today.
: >I don't think his predictions quite match up.

:  But in general his overall statements (at least in his book
:  you mentioned) seems for me pretty correct. Perhaps the
:  timetable is not right, but the effects can be seen.

I'm sorry to hear that.  Maybe it's time for me to sign up to learn
welding or diesel repair.  Goodbye, cruel world.  I bet on the wrong
career.  (And I sure feel sorry for the new CS graduates this May).
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