Re: NJ wants to license programmers...

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From: Joe Wells
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1991 22:53

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In article <28888793.29597@ics.uci.edu> jhummel@wave.ics.uci.edu (Joseph Edward Hummel) writes:

   We all know computers are being embedded in more and more products, and
   how do we know these computers are being programmed in a competent
   manner?  How about the recent X-ray machine, programmed by an
   individual with a 2-year degree, that killed 3 or so people?

Licensing would not have helped.  The cause of that problem is inadequate
testing.  I'm not referring to unit testing by the programmer, but system
integration testing by a separate group.  Perhaps the company didn't even
have such a test group.

   And what about companies in financial trouble trying to get a product
   out the door as cheaply as possible?

Professional licensing does not even apply to this situation.

-- 
Enjoy,

Joe Wells <jbw@uswest.com>

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