[Edu-sig] re: A small essay in my own defense

[Arthur]

Kirby writes -

>CP4E is clever enough as a *direction*.  I like to say that knowing
>something about programming is like knowing something about internal
>combustion engines.  Yet we're not all mechanics.  It's just helpful
>to know "how things work".

To me, the question than becomes one of semantics.  How far down the road
toward a redefinition of the word "programming" are we allowing ourselves to
go.

BIG ISSUE, in my book.

BIG, BIG ISSUE.

Did I metion I think the issue is significant?

Art