Date:         Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:12:25 -0700
Reply-To:     "William W. Viergever" <wwvierg@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         "William W. Viergever" <wwvierg@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Merge w/o sort first
Comments: To: "Lambert, Bob" <Bob_Lambert@AFCC.COM>
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At 12:06 PM 10/10/2001 -0500, Lambert, Bob wrote:
>Tom Mendicino wrote:
>
><snip>
> > One of the main tasks of a programmer is to
> > try and anticipate "land mines" and develop routines which avoid them.
><snip>
>
>"Main tasks" are determined by the programmer's manager.  Typically, these
>are, e.g.,  "Produce reports as required".  Especially in SAS, the "how" is
>left to the programmer.  The programmer of discussion here probably lacks
>your programming knowledge and background and is being successful with her
>skillset and is meeting the "minimum job standards".  Without changes in her
>current environment (Skinner, not Gestalt), no changes in her (programming)
>behavior are expected.  The responsiblity of environmental changes belongs
>to her manager.  Unfortunately, many a manager of SAS programmers has no or
>little experience with SAS and haven't a clue as to what needs to be
>changed.   As long as reports are being produced, everything is fine.
>
>So your statement is correct from a programmer's standpoint  -- but perhaps
>not from a manager's.
>
>One more thing -- Somebody once told me,  "Every system is perfectly
>designed for its output."


Was that Peter Drucker or David Pider?

<vbg>


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