[Tutor] Typos and attitudes on language

[Danny Yoo]

On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Paul De Luca wrote:

> Yeah, it was just a typo I made when writing the email. I realized it
> after I send the email. I Was hoping nobody would notice, but I guess
> thats hard considering every single person subscribed to this list is a
> programmer. Poor spelling/grammar never seems to go down well with the
> open source community. ;)

Not just open source communities: I've noticed that there's an overall
trend of those who have experience with computer languages becoming a
little more careful with their spelling and grammar.

Perhaps part of it is because programmers might be developing a stronger
sensitivity for syntax, even in the "artificial" form of a computer
language.  Personally, I've felt that programming isn't always "mathy",
but on the other hand, is consistently "verbal" because of the effort of
organizing and expressing ideas.

It might be something that a sociologist could write an essay about...
*grin*