Re: Software "Engineers"

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From: Phil Lindsay
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1991 04:49

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In article <1991Apr15.230909@ece.arizona.edu> dan@ece.arizona.edu (Dan Filiberti) writes:
>"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?

I don't have a "problem" with a literal definition.  In the context of
the industries perception of "Engineering," the words "Software Engineering" 
are misused. 
Computer Science has created all tools to build software, but we have not
figured out an effective way to use these tools.  Most engineering
disciplines have mastered concepts, tools and methods.
-- 
Phil Lindsay - "Patents threaten future technology"
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