From: "Frank W. Zammetti" <fzammett AT voicenet DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.programming,rec.games.programmer,comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Do you want to learn C?
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 14:05:50 -0400
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Problem is, the ordinary user dosen't even know what a line of code
is.  Do you know all about how your car works (if the answer is yes,
remember than most people don't).  They have a basic idea, but they
don't know the details.  Same for computers.  Try to explain the
complexity of how a CPU works to you mom.  Unless she's very technically
apt, and I mean VERY, she won't have a clue.  That's the way it is for
most people.

  Computers ARE appliances, they SHOULD be as stable as my toaster.  The
argument is valid.



Gary Flynn wrote:
> 
> Judson McClendon wrote:
> 
> > Frank, has it occurred to you that it is a disadvantage when you have
> > to have experts around just to keep your system running?  Stable means
> > stable.  You do not have to have a mechanic on your payroll to keep
> > your automobile running.
> 
> You do if you have a fleet of them.
> 
> > You do not need an electrical engineer on
> > your payroll to keep your stereo and TV working.  Computers are sold
> > to the general public at Sears and Wal-Mart.  If they are appliances,
> > then they should be as stable as appliances.  If not, they shouldn't
> > be sold as such.
> 
> So complain to Sears and Wal-Mart and the computer marketing folks.
> 
> IMHO, most of what they tell people they say because thats what people
> want to hear. If people haven't learned by now that a device with
> a million lines of code in thousands of separate files isn't complex,
> they never will.
> 
> Also, the marketers tend to give people what they ask for. You want
> lots of capabilities and choices? Good, that means lots of decisions
> for you to make...hopefully good ones.