I spent the first three months of 1994 developing software in Russia. Everything I saw confirms Edward Yourdon's view in ``Developing Software Overseas'' (June). The Russian programmers on our team were among the brightest I've ever met. They showed a hunger for American technology that neither the American and British team members had ever seen before. Today, few Russian firms can afford to purchase new technologies. Even if they could, they would wait months to legally bring equipment into the country or else depend on ``friends.'' Building ground-breaking systems in developing nations expands our markets--the pie is getting bigger, and American firms can enjoy a sizable slice by actively promoting its growth.
Steven Glickstein
New York, NY
Flexible C++
Matthew Wilson
My approach to software engineering is far more pragmatic than it
is
theoretical--and no language better exemplifies this than C++.
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