From: stop AT spam DOT now (Gilberto Gaudencio)
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Subject: Re: Do you want to learn C?
Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 13:09:49 GMT
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"Frank W. Zammetti" <fzammett AT voicenet DOT com> wrote:

>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.

Except toasters don't have over 5 million transistors... :)

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