On Mon, 16 Jul 2001, Andrew Savory wrote:
IMO, written English is no more difficult to master than any programming langauge, except that one doesn't need to compile English... Clear communication is no less important, however, and going public on a web site *requires* that it be at least close to correct.
Sorry, but I don't agree. Written English is a heck of a lot harder to master than programming. Most programming languages have a right and a wrong way: ie, black and white, works or doesn't. They have a very limited syntax and often there are many easily accessible books written on how to program in a given language.
I disagree :-) I have seen how perl scripts can be (and are) written, I find english is far easier for me than programming. Of course I am crap at both though....
I do of course agree that people should make more of an effort with their use of the language, but I'd take lucid, clear writing with errors over perfectly constructed grammatically correct pigswill any day ;-)
Me too!
Anyway I don't want to get drawn further into this debate, as I know that you will hear me start to rant about education!
Adam