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- From: sss@netcom.com (Small Systems Solutions)
- Subject: Re: What is Software Engineering
- Message-ID: <dx4malb.sss@netcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 16:35:31 GMT
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <1992Aug10.035604.19618@bony1.bony.com> <1992Aug10.191113.11841@projtech.com> <1992Aug11.205559.14680@ide.com>
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- In article <1992Aug11.205559.14680@ide.com>
- schmid@ide.com (Stephen Schmid) writes:
-
- >The analogy I like best is:
- >
- >As a carpenter is to an architect,
- >so is a programmer to a software engineer.
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- Perhaps a carpenter is to an architectural engineer as a programmer
- is to a software engineer.
-
- Of course, to stretch the analogy, a software project is like a building
- project without an architect, a good set of blueprints, or an agreed-upon
- method for erecting the house. The subsystems will function great by
- themselves, but for some reason the lights flicker when the toilets are
- flushed...
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