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From: rsd@sei.cmu.edu (Richard S D'Ippolito)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Quoting others
Message-ID: <3371@ae.sei.cmu.edu>
Date: 17 May 89 19:34:54 GMT
References: <497@dekalb.UUCP> <1700003@hpmcaa.mcm.hp.com>
Reply-To: rsd@sei.cmu.edu (Richard S D'Ippolito)
Organization: Software Engineering Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
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In article <1700003@hpmcaa.mcm.hp.com> Kathy Iberle quotes me:

>> The engineering methods are even less likely to learned from inspection.
>> One can more easily copy the products and even some of the methods of an
>> engineer than one can learn the thinking behind them.  As a result, those
>> who learn solely by inspection suffer from an inflexibility, as they cannot
>> adapt either the products or the methods to new situations.
>...

I tried to reply to you by mail, but it bounced.  Please, when you quote
anybody, leave the source in.  Even though your response to what I said was
negative, I would prefer to be named.  The nature of the group is that
these things get picked up and spread for awhile as points/counterpoints and
to omit the attributions makes it confusing.

Like the movie stars say, I don't care if they print gossip as long as they
spell my name right!


Rich
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