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From: dhesi%cirrusl@oliveb.ATC.olivetti.com (Rahul Dhesi)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: Software "Engineers"
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Date: 29 Apr 91 19:43:26 GMT
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In <1991Apr25.234953.20537@dbase.A-T.COM> tomr@dbase.A-T.COM (Tom
Rombouts) writes:

     As I recall, there had been several legal decisions stating that
     as of this point in time software developers are _not_ engineers.

Lawyers, judges, and legislators sometimes presume to tell us what
English terms mean.  Don't believe them.  They do not define the
language.  You and I do.
--
Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@cirrus.COM>
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