Re: Yet another posting...:)

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From: Theo Heavey
Date: Thu, 02 May 1991 17:23

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hurwitz@ENUXHA.EAS.ASU.EDU (Roger A. Hurwitz) writes:

> student can perform the most appendectomies in an hour :-).  The so called
> "software crisis" we find ourselves in today has to do with quality.  There
> is no problem with quantity.  It may not be as much fun, but why not make
> these things software design contests, and judge the contestants on the
> quality of their designs?  Or change the format to give contestants more
> time and judge the implementations on the famous "ilities".  The current
> format, IMHO, is at odds with good programming practices that we should
> be encouraging. 
> 

Okay  --- I study SW ENg techniques so here is my question:

How do you decide the BEST design in an objective maNNER?

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