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From: grante@reddwarf.rosemount.com (Grant Edwards)
Subject: Re: Dismal state of CS (Was: Comparison of languages for CS1 and CS2)
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Darin Johnson (djohnson@tartarus.ucsd.edu) wrote:
: przemek@tokamak.viewlogic.com (Przemek Skoskiewicz) writes:

: > And at least in Europe (I don't know about the US), you must be certified
: > as a civil engineer as well.

: Apparently in Pennsylvania, EE's are certified.  (one of my CS profs
: had one and he wasn't EE)

That's a new on on me.  I never heard of such a thing when I lived in Pa.
I'm not aware of any state-run EE certification programs, but EE's have
always been able to become certified. Usually the only ones that bother are
in specific fields like power transmission or other "civil" type
applications.  One likes to assume that private industry can look after its
own interests.  Just what we need: a government board insisting that all
EE's be expert in what _they_ think is useful rather that what the market
wants.  We'd still be using tubes because the examining board committee
couldn't agree on how to change the EE "standard" to incorporate
transistors.  You'd have to have an encyclopedic NEC-like code that
specifies the exact, step-by-step process for designing something.  It would
be the end of civilization as we know it.

Sorry, sir, I checked the NEEC (National Electrical Engineering Code), and
there is no procedure for designing this thing called a "personal computer,"
so we can't help you.  We can do you up a dandy AM radio using only three
12AX7's though...

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