Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!know!pluto.hemel.bull.co.uk!ewoods From: ewoods@hemel.bull.co.uk (Eoin Woods) Newsgroups: comp.object Subject: Re: Software Engineering (was Re: Documenting OO Message-ID: <1991Apr18.073631.12199@hemel.bull.co.uk> Date: 18 Apr 91 07:36:31 GMT References: <3201:Apr705:40:4591@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> <1991Apr16.133304@ece.arizona.edu> <1991Apr17.172806.23036@visix.com> Sender: @hemel.bull.co.uk Distribution: world,local Organization: Bull HN UK Lines: 30 Nntp-Posting-Host: brno amanda@visix.com (Amanda Walker) writes: [ ... deleted ... ] >Software conveys a virtual reality in terms of physical reality. I view >this as directly analogous to the way a novel, or a play, or a movie >implements a virtual experience in terms of an actual experience. When >I went to see "She Stoops To Conquer" last week, I didn't *actually* visit >the 18th century British Isles, but I nonetheless had some of the experience >of them. Likewise, my screen doesn't *actually* have a sheet of paper upon >which I am typing this article, but I nonetheless have some of the experience >of it. [ ... deleted ...] Tell you what - why don't we call it Software Virtual Engineering !! :-) Eoin. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Eoin Woods, Software Development Group, Bull HN Information Systems, ~ ~ Maxted Road, Hemel Hempstead, Herts HP2 7DZ, UK. ~ ~ Tel : +44 442 232222 x4823 Fax : +44 442 236072 ~ ~ < Eoin.Woods@hemel.bull.co.uk or ...!uunet!ukc!brno!ewoods> ~ ~ < When do we start news group comp.os.emacs ? :-) > ~ -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Eoin Woods, Software Development Group, Bull HN Information Systems, ~ ~ Maxted Road, Hemel Hempstead, Herts HP2 7DZ, UK. ~ ~ Tel : +44 442 232222 x4823 Fax : +44 442 236072 ~ ~ < Eoin.Woods@hemel.bull.co.uk or ...!uunet!ukc!brno!ewoods> ~ ~ < When do we start news group comp.os.emacs ? :-) > ~