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I was taught, “Open an operator, close an operator”.

Fortunately, I learned in my Masters Program that coding was a dead end. The real value added (read Big Paycheck) was in Software Engineering System Design and program management.

Although I was an undergraduate Economics major at UNC in the mid-70's, I had a bunch of math/computer science friends. They introduced me to Dr. Fredrick P Brooks. He was the Program Manager for the development of OS/360, the operating system for the IBM 360 mainframe. From his experiences he wrote, The Mythical Man-Month. In the process he essentially invented Software Engineering. He is also known for Brooks' Law: "Adding more manpower to a late software project only makes it later."

Over the years, I have given/loaned/lost more copies of The Mythical Man-Month than I care to think about. I always kept my original, well-worn, copy.

WWG1WGA

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

pretty much. open a tag, close a tag. and do your coding in notepad.