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From: ogden@seal.cis.ohio-state.edu (William F Ogden)
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Subject: Re: Development vs Engineering
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Date: 12 Oct 90 20:15:25 GMT
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In article <2450009@hpfcmgw.HP.COM> gt@hpfcmgw.HP.COM (George Tatge) writes:

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>1. Since there can be no engineering without testing to insure that the
>product is safe and reliable, a software engineer must have access to
>test equipment and tools.

Actually quite a bit of engineering is accomplished without testing.
You rarely see testing of a bridge or building or dam, for example.
Safety and reliability are achieved by analysis, modeling and simulation,
inspection during construction, etc. I'd say that the jury is still out
on which techniques will prove the most effective for software engineering.

/Bill