On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Matthew Byng-Maddick wrote: > On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 07:02:11PM +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > programmer beginner. You will notice that Peter, Jason and > > Stephen are all accomplished programmers and very bright too > > (one has written a scheme interpreter, and at least one of > > them has a PhD). It is very hard for a beginner programmer > > to compete with them. > > Not to mention the fastest log analyser in the west. :-) >
Yes, I admit it. I'm not a beginner programmer, and I do have a Ph.D.! I haven't done much Perl though, and never any Perl golf, so I declared myself to be a beginner. I agree that the term is not well defined, but also that it's hard to make it better without setting up onerous formal rules. Anyway, I think as I only missed out on the beginner's prize by one stroke, I'm going to promote myself to the main division next time. -- Stephen Turner, Cambridge, UK http://homepage.ntlworld.com/adelie/stephen/ "This is Henman's 8th Wimbledon, and he's only lost 7 matches." BBC, 2/Jul/01
