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From: richh@pnet02.cts.com (Rich Herzog)
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Subject: Re: Number-string conversions -- Tailor parable
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Date: 21 May 88 07:20:34 GMT
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I love it !  I am having an interesting time indoctrinating my
engineering management (a good bunch of guys, but hardware
manufacturing specialists) into what software engineering is
about.

In the same light as the Tailor and the Specifications parable,
there was some years ago (5?) published (in the Proceedings of
the ACM}n) a parable called 'Why Isn't Sam Coding Anything'

I need it, because I am having to explain to my manager why
my programmers aren't coding (wei] are somewhere between top-level
and detailed design).

Someone -- please post or email this classic !{

Thanks in advance.

.rh

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