> However, I don't question the plumber's competence, or indeed pretend to
> anyone including myself that I can do a good job of it. The same should
> apply to programming. If I were to try my hand at re-plumbing my kitchen,
> I know I'd make a god-awful mess, and I am intelligent enough to not
> attempt it. The great unwashed should approach programming the same way.
Hmmm.
My sink is blocked. It's very blocked. I'm good enough at plumbing to
take the u-bend off and check that that wasn't blocked - a simple enough
process. It turned out that that wasn't the problem - it was further down
the pipe. At this point I called a plumber[1].
Draw whatever comparisons you will between this and coding.
Later.
Mark.
[1] I actually called the landlord, and told him to call a plumber...
--
print "\n",map{my$a="\n"if(length$_>6);' 'x(36-length($_)/2)."$_\n$a"} (
Name => 'Mark Fowler', Title => 'Technology Developer' ,
Firm => 'Profero Ltd', Web => 'http://www.profero.com/' ,
Email => '[EMAIL PROTECTED]', Phone => '+44 (0) 20 7700 9960' )
