Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!amdcad!ames!umd5!uvaarpa!virginia!babbage!mac3n From: mac3n@babbage.acc.virginia.edu (Alex Colvin) Newsgroups: comp.software-eng Subject: Re: Is it Art or is it Engineering Message-ID: <156@babbage.acc.virginia.edu> Date: 8 Feb 88 15:56:04 GMT References: <6879@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <3952@xanth.cs.odu.edu> Organization: University of Virginia Lines: 6 Summary: "maintenance" & "enhancement" > >What do "real" engineers do that we do not? > > Real engineers build bridges that work when delivered. Real engineers rearely attempt to convert a ferry boat into a bridge. Software engineers do it all the time.