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Subject:Re: Engineers managing documentation From:DaveTaylor -at- AOL -dot- COM Date:Tue, 10 Jan 1995 23:24:21 -0500
> Not something I'd look forward to, BTW. Engineering managers love to
> announce how writing doc is just like programming, and they have some
> godawful ideas that they believe are logically unassailable.
Actually, I've often been struck by the similarities between writing and
programming. The software development cycle bears a striking resemblence to
the writing process. Also, the personalities and interests of writers and
programmers overlap quite a bit. Science fiction, for example, is frequently
common ground.
Even so, I have to agree that a writer managed by a programmer (or any
nonwriter) is in for hard times.
Dave
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