Who is a Programmer?

[Michael Fogeborg]

Trying to promote Erlang where I work I find this comment very interesting.

Maybe its the managers I should give a one day course in "modelling" with 
Erlang?
I can't call it programming 'cause that's something they don't do... but 
modelling is
done by them all the time.  How many of you have "sold" Erlang before ? 
Need input!


References:

     http://www.erlang.org/ml-archive/erlang-questions/200010/msg00075.html

     http://www.erlang.org/ml-archive/erlang-questions/200010/msg00078.html


On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Ulf Wiger wrote:

 >On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Sean Hinde wrote:
 >
 >>I see Erlang/OTP as a step towards having the Excel of my trade -
 >>allowing me to implement telecoms logic and databases in a safe and
 >>simple way as an "end user".
 >
 >This is in line with Mike W's idea of Erlang as "an executable
 >modelling language".
 >
 >Funny - one of the camps resisting Erlang has been those trying to
 >move development more towards high-level graphical modelling tools
 >like Rational Rose, possibly thinking that this is the way out of the
 >Software Crisis. To them (I imagine) Erlang represents a hacker
 >culture; to you (and me), Erlang is a way for us system architects
 >to become the programming gurus we never thought we'd be.  (: