Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!ns-mx!iowasp.physics.uiowa.edu!ceres.physics.uiowa.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!spool.mu.edu! munnari.oz.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au!fang!jjc From: jjc@aeg.dsto.oz.au (John Cranwell) Newsgroups: comp.object Subject: Re: Software Engineering (was Re: Documenting OO Systems) Message-ID: <1492@fang.dsto.oz> Date: 19 Apr 91 21:59:50 GMT References: <3201:Apr705:40:4591@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> <1899:Apr1206:12:4991@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> <1991Apr15.205218.6914@visix.com> Sender: news@fang.dsto.oz Lines: 28 jls@rutabaga.Rational.COM (Jim Showalter) writes: >body not relevant Sometimes the quality of postings to this newsgroup severely detract from its value. This thread, and a couple of others that have diverged, started a few weeks ago with my request for information on documenting OO systems. I was looking for "system" level tools. I saw no useful USENET responses though I did receive some useful snail. USENET responses degenerated into language wars and to the final nadir of "I'm proud not to be a software engineer". I'm beginning to wonder whether those who may be able to make an intelligent and useful response are too busy engineering software to waste their time with eletronic news. Software engineering is the application of sound engineering principles and engineering rigor and discipline to the development of software. Anyone who doesn't consider him or herself to be a software engineer is playing with toy software and should keep right away from any software that my life or fortunes may have to depend on - aerospace applications, medical applications, financial applications, defense applications etc. David C. Hanslip E-mail: dch@aeg.dsto.oz.au Aeronautical Research Laboratory Phone: +61 8 259 5792 DSTO Salisbury, South Australia Fax: +61 8 259 5507