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Subject:Technical communicating and engineering From:Richard Mateosian <srm -at- C2 -dot- ORG> Date:Sat, 3 Jun 1995 00:38:13 -0700
>Technical writing is vastly different from engineering (or software
>development).
I disagree. These disciplines are a lot more closely related than people who
haven't done both realize.
An interesting case in point is the recent report about the spaghetti
structure of many web pages and other hypertext documents. It's not the kind
of mistake you'd be as likely to make if you were trained in software
engineering. ...RM
Dr. Richard Mateosian Freelance Technical Writer srm -at- c2 -dot- org
Review Editor, IEEE Micro Vice President, STC Berkeley Chapter
