Sal Salamone's "Compatibility Testing" (April), in which he explains his method of discerning personality traits by studying a person's computer habits, had me a little worried about my software-shopping husband, until I realized there is a fatal flaw in Sal's theory. In order to determine how a potential mate will treat you, it's necessary to observe his interaction with his hardware, which is, after all, the core of the relationship.
When I applied this new approach, my fears were gone. Although he has had numerous opportunities to purchase a Pentium, my man stands by his Dell 486. All that software he buys for it indicates that he is generous and giving to those he loves. If he feels his computer should have the biggest, highest-quality hard drive, by the same token he'll feel his wife should have the newest, nicest luxury car. If the
way he treats his computer is indicative of how he'll treat me, I'll be happy for a long time.
Debi Littlejohn Shinder
Little Rock, AR
MsSgt@aol.com
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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