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- Path: sparky!uunet!sdrc!spsisira
- From: spsisira@sdrc.COM (spsisira)
- Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
- Subject: Re: SE going offshore?
- Message-ID: <2282@sdrc.COM>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 18:14:28 GMT
- References: <1992Nov17.170345.29923@mole-end.matawan.nj.us>
- Organization: Structural Dynamics Research Corporation, Milford OH 45150 USA
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- mat@mole-end.matawan.nj.us wrote:
- : In article <1992Nov16.133843.18058@sei.cmu.edu>, firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth) writes:
- : > In article <2B05650C.29402@ics.uci.edu> ejw@siam.ics.uci.edu (Jim Whitehead) writes:
- :
- : > >... Many software faults can be traced either to faulty specifications,
- : > >or incorrect interpretation of specifications. ... With programmers
- : > >working on these projects whose primary language is not English ... the
- : > >possibility for specification errors is very high, IMHO.
- : >
- : > Hate to tell you this, but in my experience the average graduate student
- : > from India speaks better english than the average US graduate. One reason
- : > is that the main language of higher education in India ... is english,
- : > and it is taught both exactingly and well.
- :
- : It may depend on what you mean by `better.' If you mean that the Indian
- : student can understand and write Standard English competently, you may be
- : write. Oral communication also suffers from an `accent barrier' and not
- ^^^^^|
- | I think you are a good example of what is being discussed in
- this thread. Who taught you English. May be self taught.
-
- : all people who can write Standard English well can be understood by someone
- : from Brooklyn or Atlanta or Lake Woebegone. Heck, not all people from
- : Brooklyn can be understood in Atlanta!
-
- As far as software development is concerned I do not see how the `accent'
- play any role. Afterall all you read is an ASCII string.
-
- Sisira.
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- Sisira Jayasinghe PhD.D.
- Sr. Technical Development Engineer
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- Sisira Jayasinghe Ph.D.
- Sr. Technical Development Engineer
-
- uunet!sdrc!cvg!spsisira Structural Dynamics Research Corporation
- spsisira@sdrc.com 2000 Eastman Dr.
- spsisira@cvg.sdrc.com Milford OH 45150 USA
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