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  1. Xref: sparky comp.edu:1569 comp.lang.fortran:3468 comp.lang.misc:2964 comp.arch:9274 sci.math:11106
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!dtix!mimsy!afterlife!relay!apssgi.nswc.navy.mil!bwallet
  3. From: bwallet@apssgi.nswc.navy.mil (Brad Wallet)
  4. Newsgroups: comp.edu,comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.misc,comp.arch,sci.math
  5. Subject: Re: Scientists as Programmers (was Re: Small Language Wanted)
  6. Message-ID: <1992Sep8.120847.22994@relay.nswc.navy.mil>
  7. Date: 8 Sep 92 12:08:47 GMT
  8. References: <1992Aug31.170849.11927@mprgate.mpr.ca> <1992Aug31.195540.13074@ctr.columbia.edu> <1992Sep1.115849.13522@relay.nswc.navy.mil> <1992Sep3.173311.10441@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
  9. Sender: news@relay.nswc.navy.mil
  10. Organization: Naval Surface Warfare Center
  11. Lines: 15
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  13. In article <1992Sep3.173311.10441@ultb.isc.rit.edu>, kxs5829@ultb.isc.rit.edu (K.X. Saunders ) writes:
  14. |>     Um, no.  Software engineering is a practice that should be applied
  15. |> by a good programmer, but it is not a separate discipline.
  16.  
  17. Programming is a skill needed by software engineers.  Software engineering
  18. is as much a seperate discipline as is industrial engineering.
  19.  
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  21. Brad Wallet                 Mathematician
  22. bwallet@relay.nswc.navy.mil Naval Surface Warfare Center
  23. (703)663-4950               (AVN)249-4950
  24. DSMAC - "Tomahawk's Eyes"
  25. "I can neither confirm nor deny that these opinions
  26. are entirely my own and may or may not reflect those
  27. of the US Navy." 
  28.