Re: [Nolug] One Weekend Messing With Perl

On 12/21/08 14:47, Mark A. Hershberger wrote:
[snip]
>
> Sure, they probably did well in math classes. Since the Woz, for
> example, was designing circuits before he got into high school, I think
> what they studied in high school (as the comic points out) is beside the
> point.

The point of school (as I see it as a middle-aged white guy who's
never used Trig since University and only uses the most rudimentary
Algebra, and has kids in grammar school) is to expand your brain,
stretch your mind, and build a foundation of knowledge and capacity
for the future.

-- 
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA
I like my women like I like my coffee - purchased at above-market
rates from eco-friendly organic farming cooperatives in Latin America.
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