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From: lwv26@chemabs.uucp (Larry W. Virden)
Subject: Re: Personal Preference: The Devil in Disguise
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In article <ASG.94Aug31105232@xyzzy.gamekeeper.bellcore.com>,
25381-geller <asg@xyzzy.gamekeeper.bellcore.com> wrote:
:In article <1994Aug26.175141.5914@camax.com> kotula@camax.com (Jeff Kotula) writes:
:
:
:	  Its the same with software
:   engineering.  I don't believe that most people working in the field are at
:   that level of understanding, and as support for this statement I will simply
:   refer to the poor quality and late delivery of most software.
:
:To echo another poster's response to this article, one key issue here
:is whether software development is engineering or art (or at least
:craft). I would contend that, unless you're working on writing the

I think that a distinction should be made that something need not be
engineering or art - or craft for that matter.  A lot of programming
being done out in the world is quite simply just hacks.  Stuff being done
without any more goal in mind than to get a job done and move on with life.

No planning, no intentional expression of one's inner thoughts and feelings,
no care being taken to follow the traditions.  It's like taking out the
trash , doing the dishes, or sorting the laundry.


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The task of an educator should be to irrigate the desert not clear the forest.
