OT: Programmers' Day

[Scott Elcomb]

On 9/13/07, Kareem Shehata <kareem-d+8TeBu5bOew5LPnMra/2Q at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org [mailto:owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of John
> > Vetterli
> > Sent: Thursday 13 September 2007 11:45
> > To: Toronto Linux Users' Group
> > Subject: [TLUG]: OT: Programmers' Day
> >
> > Today is the 256th day of the year.  Happy Programmers' Day, everyone!
>
> Okay, I'm likely to get flamed or at least singed for this one...
>
> ... but shouldn't EE's get a little more credit for 2^8?  I have a feeling
> most programmers today don't understand the significance of the number,
> unless they've gotten into the guts of C at the device level or actually
> gone out to read what goes on behind the scenes.
>
> That said, I've seen both clueless circuit designers and very clued-in
> software guys who knew more about the hardware than them.  I guess my point
> is that it should be a little more inclusive.

Please correct me if I wrong, but I'm thinking that by EE you mean
Electronics Engineers.

If so, I've always considered them to be programmers; I used to be an
electronics hobbyist, even breadboarding a partially functional 4-bit
CPU at school.  Programmers use symbols, EE's use physical components.
 There's not much difference otherwise, at least to my mind.

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  Scott Elcomb
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