Re: Long history of incompetence in programming
Lovely article about names:
https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/
Which is why I'm strongly in favour of any programmer being required to study cultures other than their own, amongst other "non-computing" topics. Too many programmers know too little about the world they are supposed to be programming things to interact with. Too many people making too many false assumptions and screwing everyone else for years on end. Microsoft being one of the biggest perpetrators of the "we know nothing and care less about other cultures", especially in their earlier years.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
