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I'm a EE in a day job. I design processors. I write programs in hardware descriptive languages such as Verilog and Object Oriented languages such as SystemVeril

I'm a EE in a day job. I design processors. I write programs in hardware descriptive languages such as Verilog and Object Oriented languages such as SystemVerilog. I write Perl, Shell scripts too. Every day, I write code. I build websites in the part-time too. I write all PHP, CSS, MySQL, Javascript on my own, and build beautiful websites like http://shopalize.com http://shopalize.com. Every night, I write code too. So trust me, we're competent.

stcredzero 17y ago
So trust me, we're lot competent. Ironically, this needs editing.
- plinkplonk 17y ago
  " > So trust me, we're lot competent. Ironically, this needs editing." Agreed ( I didn't say it) but so does this "I saw some EE student C code once" (from your earlier comment) ;-)
  - stcredzero 17y ago
    Sorry, but that's a valid sentence. Thanks for displaying your, "lot competent."
    - plinkplonk 17y ago
      You say "I saw some EE student C code once" is grammatical? How about "I saw some American woman English speak once"? ;-) I wonder who is "lot competent" here! Look, it is all right to make minor mistakes in grammar, especially if you are not a native speaker (the "lot comment" guy seemed Indian). I was just pointing out your hypocrisy in using that as a marker of competence and ask for editing, when you write more ill structured sentences yourself. He who would be a Grammar Nazi should first write grammatically correct sentences. Relax and let live.
      - stcredzero 17y ago
        You say "I saw some EE student C code once" is grammatical? How about "I saw some American woman English speak once"? ;-) I wonder who is "lot competent" here! Your example is wrong because "code" in my sentence is a noun, not a verb as you assumed. Is English your 1st language? Thanks for showing us more "lot competent." Hint, if you're wrong, but mistakenly try to come back and tell me I'm wrong, I'm going to let you have it with both barrels.
        plinkplonk 17y ago
        "Your example is wrong because "code" in my sentence is a noun, not a verb as you assumed." It doesn't matter. You can still make unparseable sentences using code as a noun. "I saw some EE student C code" (where code is used as a noun) is just as wrong as " I saw some kids Basketball play" (where play is a noun). You need something more to craft an unambigous sentence. "I saw someone noun-used-as-adjective+noun" is wrong anyway. To use your logic "I saw someone C code" == "I saw someone English speech". (speech is a noun) "Hint, if you're wrong, but mistakenly try to come back and tell me I'm wrong, I'm going to let you have it with both barrels." I am terrified ;-). "Is English your 1st language? " no, but is it yours? ;-)
        stcredzero 17y ago
        Wow you really are a prolific unconscious irony generator! (Left as exercise to the student.)
        ErrantX 17y ago
        You are wrong, as it happens - if not strictly (though I am not sure it is strictly correct) then in usual use. EDIT: if you're using it as a noun, by the way, you are wrong - I think student needs to be possessive. e.g. "I saw some EE students C code once" But that's immaterial - why are we attacking people's grammar. It's irrelevant to the discussion!
        plinkplonk 17y ago
Locke1689 17y ago
Cool, thanks for the info. I was sincere in my question. :) I guess I could wonder how many CS students could actually code too...

stcredzero 17y ago

So trust me, we're lot competent. Ironically, this needs editing.

plinkplonk 17y ago
" > So trust me, we're lot competent. Ironically, this needs editing." Agreed ( I didn't say it) but so does this "I saw some EE student C code once" (from your earlier comment) ;-)
- stcredzero 17y ago
  Sorry, but that's a valid sentence. Thanks for displaying your, "lot competent."
  - plinkplonk 17y ago
    You say "I saw some EE student C code once" is grammatical? How about "I saw some American woman English speak once"? ;-) I wonder who is "lot competent" here! Look, it is all right to make minor mistakes in grammar, especially if you are not a native speaker (the "lot comment" guy seemed Indian). I was just pointing out your hypocrisy in using that as a marker of competence and ask for editing, when you write more ill structured sentences yourself. He who would be a Grammar Nazi should first write grammatically correct sentences. Relax and let live.
    - stcredzero 17y ago
      You say "I saw some EE student C code once" is grammatical? How about "I saw some American woman English speak once"? ;-) I wonder who is "lot competent" here! Your example is wrong because "code" in my sentence is a noun, not a verb as you assumed. Is English your 1st language? Thanks for showing us more "lot competent." Hint, if you're wrong, but mistakenly try to come back and tell me I'm wrong, I'm going to let you have it with both barrels.
      - plinkplonk 17y ago
        "Your example is wrong because "code" in my sentence is a noun, not a verb as you assumed." It doesn't matter. You can still make unparseable sentences using code as a noun. "I saw some EE student C code" (where code is used as a noun) is just as wrong as " I saw some kids Basketball play" (where play is a noun). You need something more to craft an unambigous sentence. "I saw someone noun-used-as-adjective+noun" is wrong anyway. To use your logic "I saw someone C code" == "I saw someone English speech". (speech is a noun) "Hint, if you're wrong, but mistakenly try to come back and tell me I'm wrong, I'm going to let you have it with both barrels." I am terrified ;-). "Is English your 1st language? " no, but is it yours? ;-)
        stcredzero 17y ago
        Wow you really are a prolific unconscious irony generator! (Left as exercise to the student.)
      - ErrantX 17y ago
        You are wrong, as it happens - if not strictly (though I am not sure it is strictly correct) then in usual use. EDIT: if you're using it as a noun, by the way, you are wrong - I think student needs to be possessive. e.g. "I saw some EE students C code once" But that's immaterial - why are we attacking people's grammar. It's irrelevant to the discussion!
        plinkplonk 17y ago

Locke1689 17y ago

Cool, thanks for the info. I was sincere in my question. :) I guess I could wonder how many CS students could actually code too...