Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ncrlnk!ncr-sd!rb-dc1!shapiro From: shapiro@rb-dc1.UUCP (Mike Shapiro) Newsgroups: comp.software-eng Subject: Re: software engineers Message-ID: <508@rb-dc1.UUCP> Date: 17 May 89 23:03:09 GMT References: <854@odyssey.ATT.COM> <10231@socslgw.csl.sony.JUNET> <12701@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU> Reply-To: shapiro@rb-dc1.SanDiego.gould.UUCP (Michael Shapiro) Organization: Encore Computer, San Diego (formerly Gould, extinct in July) Lines: 21 In article <12701@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU> smiller@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU (Steven M. Miller) writes: ... >Software can be orders of magnitude more complex and commonly has to run on >multiple hardware platforms. You're comparision seems to be between >apples and oranges. More like grapes and watermelons, I think (or something similar). (I'm not sure the order of magnitude analogies of software vs. bridges over rivers, but apples and oranges seem too close in size.) -- Michael Shapiro, Encore Computer Corporation (formerly Gould/GSD) 15378 Avenue of Science, San Diego, CA 92128 (619)485-0910 UUCP: shapiro@rb-dc1