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From: daves@hpopd.pwd.hp.com (Dave Straker)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: Creativity in Computing (Was Re: Art vs. Engineering)
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Date: 17 May 91 17:08:30 GMT
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>The conclusion of this posting is that software engineering is still
>pre-paradigm as evidenced by the lack of a generally agreed upon way
>of looking at software, AND the weakness of the supporting science,
>computer science.  HOWEVER, software is such a gosh-dern useful thing,
>people are willing to shell out big bucks for sub-otpimal solutions.

Sounds reasonable to me. (but is it art ;@)

>of a scientific discipline.  The second reference is an article by
>Mary Shaw of Carnegie Mellon University, "Propsects for an Engineering
>Discipline of Software."  This article examines a definition of

Can you give the full reference to this, please?

>
>--Tom Sarver

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