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From: bwb@sei.cmu.edu (Bruce Benson)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: Development vs Engineering
Message-ID: <9028@fy.sei.cmu.edu>
Date: 15 Oct 90 14:09:41 GMT
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Reply-To: bwb@sei.cmu.edu (Bruce Benson)
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In article <5682@stpstn.UUCP> cox@stpstn.UUCP (Brad Cox) writes:

>This is where we depart from engineering...
>i.e. that programmers feel competent to reinvent
>our raw materials from first principles.

Why does this look like we are blaming programmers for the woes of the
field?  Would we have "engineering" if it were as easy to change raw
materials as it is to change code?  Would software be as bad if we
weren't cost and schedule driven?  Beating up programmers never
solved any perceived problem....

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