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From: diamond@diamond.csl.sony.junet (Norman Diamond)
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Subject: Re: Computer langauges and software lifecycle - references request
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Date: 11 May 89 05:18:26 GMT
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In article <3326@ae.sei.cmu.edu> rsd@sei.cmu.edu (Richard S D'Ippolito) writes
that my signature contains [contained]:

>>  Why are programmers criticized for
>>  re-inventing the wheel, when car
>>  manufacturers are praised for it?

>Car manufacturers do not re-invent wheels -- they re-implement them.

OK.  Programmers don't re-invent wheels at all.  The criticism is only
a figure of speech, and I wondered why that criticism is not applied
in other disciplines of engineering.

>Car manufacturing is mostly engineering, not science.

Of course.  Who said it was a science?

--
Norman Diamond, Sony Computer Science Lab (diamond%csl.sony.co.jp@relay.cs.net)
  The above opinions are my own.   |  Why are programmers criticized for
  If they're also your opinions,   |  re-implementing the wheel, when car
  you're infringing my copyright.  |  manufacturers are praised for it?