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Subject:Writing and programming From:Richard Mateosian <srm -at- C2 -dot- ORG> Date:Mon, 13 Nov 1995 08:11:44 -0800
>Technical writing and computer programming are different professions
>requiring different skills.
True, but there is a lot of overlap.
The big difference is in what happens when the practitioner hasn't
completely mastered the skills. I think bad programmers have a harder time
continuing in their profession than bad writers do in theirs.
I think that good programmers can learn to write competently and good
writers can learn to program competently. I don't know of any bad writers
who now struggle along as bad programmers, but I think I've seen the
opposite variation. ...RM
