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>From: jeff@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Jeff Dalton)
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Subject: Re: Turing Test Myths
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Date: 29 Sep 92 17:17:55 GMT
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In article <1992Sep9.185917.829@mp.cs.niu.edu> rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes:
>In article <7499@skye.ed.ac.uk> jeff@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Jeff Dalton) writes:
>>This is not necessarily true.  Think, for example, of how much 
>>easier it is to have a reading knowledge of a programming language
>>than a writing knowledge.  
>
>You have fallen victim to an error commonly made by those who pretend
>to be knowledgeable about computers, but in fact are not.  It is far
>far easier to have a writing knowledge of a programming language that
>to have a reading knowledge.

But since I in fact am knowledgeable about computers, I don't
see why I should believe your unsupported asertion rather than
my own experience (and that of a number of other people).


