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Article #3530Re: Software "Engineers"
From: Daniel Mark Gessel
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1991 15:33
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1991 15:33
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In <1991Apr15.230909@ece.arizona.edu> dan@ece.arizona.edu (Dan Filiberti) writes: >A couple of definitions: (from Webster's of course) >engineering - the application of science and math by which the > properties of matter and the sources of energy in nature > are made useful to man in structures, machines, products, > systems, and processes. >science - knowledge obtained through study or practice (many > more defs) >What you are talking about is natural science... >"Software engineering" then would be defined as: the application of >knowledge obtained through study or practice of writing software. >I have no problem with that, why does everybody else? > Daniel Filiberti > dan@helios.ece.arizona.edu [:)} C'mon man! You're being rational! Where's the opinionated opinions? The emoted emotions? The "I'm right so you're wrong!" at the end? Seriously, using a dictionary to define terms! You gotta be kidding. . . :-) Dan -- Daniel Mark Gessel Internet: gessel@cs.swarthmore.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!psuvax1!swatsun!gessel From: gessel@cs.swarthmore.edu (Daniel Mark Gessel) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.object Subject: Re: Software "Engineers" Message-ID: <LSR10ZG@cs.swarthmore.edu> Date: 16 Apr 91 15:33:59 GMT References: <3844@ssc-bee.ssc-vax.UUCP> <1991Apr15.230909@ece.arizona.edu> Distribution: world,local Organization: Swarthmore College, PA, USA Lines: 35