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- From: Nick_Janow@mindlink.bc.ca (Nick Janow)
- Newsgroups: comp.arch
- Subject: Re: Scientists as Programmers (was Re: Small Language Wanted
- Message-ID: <14786@mindlink.bc.ca>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 05:49:32 GMT
- Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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- ashok@regulus.Inria.Fr (Ashok Kumar) writes:
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- > I fully agree with you.To draw an analogy from Mech engg. a good mechanical
- > engineer need not necessarily be a good machinist.He can design a good
- > product and leave the implementation on a lathe or a milling machine or what
- > have you to a skilled machinist.Similarly a good architect or civil engineer
- > need not be good mason.
-
- Unfortunately, the Mech Eng who doesn't understand what the reality of
- machining his "great design" involves, may have a product that is only good on
- paper (or simulation file). The beautiful stone columns the idealistic
- architect used on paper might need expensive hidden reinforcement when actually
- built.
-
- There are valid reasons for why companies are interested in concurrent
- engineering: designers who don't understand the manufacturing and marketing
- aspects of a product waste a lot of money making the necessary changes to make
- their idealistic designs meet reality.
-
- I assume the situation is the same for software.
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- Nick_Janow@mindlink.bc.ca
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