From chemistry-request@ccl.net Thu Jun 11 01:28:10 1992
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 92 16:55:15 -0400
From: Scott Gregory Flicker <flicker@engin.umich.edu>
To: DSMITH@uoft02.utoledo.edu, chemistry@ccl.net, states@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Subject: Re: Computer languages
Status: RO

I see the learning of foreign language and computer programming languages as
totally separate issues.  If a department changed it requirements to
substitute a programming, which seems silly to me, way not just drop this
language requirement (both computer and foreign) altogether.  Certainly
with so many good computer packages why is it necessary for all chemists
to know a computer language.  As far as foreign languages go, its of course
great to know as many as possible but how often are you going to run into
to a scientist that doesn't speak english.  If we tried to be able to 
communicate with everybody in their native language than we'd all have to
learn dozens of different languages and we would not have time for chemistry 
or physics.

Scott Flicker