Xref: utzoo comp.lang.misc:7562 comp.object:3279 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!mintaka!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!hp4nl!charon!guido From: guido@cwi.nl (Guido van Rossum) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.object Subject: Re: Software "Engineers" Message-ID: <3379@charon.cwi.nl> Date: 21 Apr 91 17:20:11 GMT References: <3844@ssc-bee.ssc-vax.UUCP> Sender: news@cwi.nl Followup-To: comp.lang.misc Lines: 17 dmg@ssc-vax.uucp (David M Geary) writes: >There is no one correct way to write, for instance, a database. Developing >software is much more of an art, and less of a science than engineering. >As a matter of fact, that is why I *like* software development more than >engineering. You get to be more creative. Uhm, I thought engineers were the people who built bridges, and from looking around I can only conclude that there is not one correct way to build a bridge, either. You get the sense of being more creative when developing software because computers are more flexible than steel and concrete. --Guido van Rossum, CWI, Amsterdam "Many of my best friends are lumberjacks and only a few of them are transvestites"