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• Don't be pompous (Score:2)

  by Matts (1087)

  You remind me of people who bitch about perl vs Perl. It just plain doesn't fucking matter.
  • Re: (Score:1)

    by chromatic (983)

    I don't take writing tips from people who can't spell or conjugate. I don't hire database administrators who "know Postgre" or system administrators who "run RedHat". Why do the opinions of people who don't even know the name of the language (SmallTalk, LISP, ADA) matter?

    Programmers do have to manage fine details occasionally. I look for people who can handle that.
    • Re: (Score:1)

      by Aragorn (2708)

      Strange then, that mr. Kay talks [homedns.org] about 'Smalltalk' instead of 'SmallTalk', and the ISO home of Ada standard spells [open-std.org] it as 'Ada'. :-)

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      • Re:Don't be pompous (Score:1)

        by chromatic (983) on 2007.02.05 4:39 (#53045) Homepage Journal

        Isn't it also strange that Red Hat's site spells it "Red Hat" or that Postgre isn't the name of a database?

        Contrarily, I do have the LISP 1.5 Programmer's Manual.

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        • Re: (Score:1)

          by Aragorn (2708)

          Maybe I misunderstood you. Did you mean that people who spell it 'SmallTalk' and 'ADA' get it wrong? (That'll teach me to do Monday-morning comments without having had coffee :-)

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          • Re: (Score:1)

            by chromatic (983)

            Yes, that's exactly what I meant.