Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!uflorida!shark!theo From: theo.bbs@shark.cs.fau.edu (Theo Heavey) Newsgroups: comp.org.acm Subject: Re: Yet another posting...:) Message-ID: Date: 2 May 91 17:23:19 GMT References: <9105020134.AA29577@enuxha.eas.asu.edu> Sender: bbs@cs.fau.edu (Waffle BBS) Organization: Florida Atlantic University Lines: 15 hurwitz@ENUXHA.EAS.ASU.EDU (Roger A. Hurwitz) writes: > student can perform the most appendectomies in an hour :-). The so called > "software crisis" we find ourselves in today has to do with quality. There > is no problem with quantity. It may not be as much fun, but why not make > these things software design contests, and judge the contestants on the > quality of their designs? Or change the format to give contestants more > time and judge the implementations on the famous "ilities". The current > format, IMHO, is at odds with good programming practices that we should > be encouraging. > Okay --- I study SW ENg techniques so here is my question: How do you decide the BEST design in an objective maNNER?