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From: Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Top 10 most common hard skills listed on resumes...
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 14:30:39 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-09-16, Bart <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:
> On 16/09/2024 12:30, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
>> On 2024-09-16, Bart <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:
>>> Trying to communicate in this Standards-obsessed newsgroup is like
>>> trying to have a meaningful discussion with Bible-bashers.
>> 
>> Yes; "I hsve my own personal version of the Bible in which many of its
>> arbitrary stories are otherwise" is probably not a good way to approach
>> a Bible study group.
>
> So this is a Bible study group now?

In a way, yes. I would say the analogy holds.
A big chunk of comp.lang.c something like "ISO C hermeneutics".

Computer Science is basically a religious domain full of faiths and
sects, along lines such as tech stacks and programming languages. These
have documentation, which is like scripture.

Things are infinitely flexible; and everything is built on conventions
for which there are alternatives, and in many cases obviously better
justified alternatives that would be followed in a green field redesign.

People who go to Bible studies are almost certainly motivated by faith.
Atheists generally aren't going to Bible studies. But in tech, we do
have plenty of "atheists" doing the analog of Bible study, in order
to understand the things that are, and get stuff done with them.

Not everyone who just wants to stick to the topic is necessarily a
fanatic about that topic who has religious blinders on their eyes.

> I suspected as much.
>
> I suppose the diverse requirements of everyday life, and individuals' 
> different personalities, responsibilities and attitudes all have to be 
> left outside the door.

I would say no they don't, but there should be a story to frame
the relevance of anything not left outside the door.

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