Re: Multiplicity, Change and MV

From: Frank Hamersley <terabitemightbe_at_bigpond.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 05:59:23 GMT
Message-ID: <%qF1g.10970$vy1.5490@news-server.bigpond.net.au>

dawn wrote:
> x wrote:

>> "Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>> news:xO51g.61667$VV4.1151927_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
>>
>>> http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD04xx/EWD498.html
>>> What EWD said about COBOL goes triple for Pick.
>> Thanks for the link. I specially like these ones:

[..]

>> "By claiming that they can contribute to software engineering, the soft
>> scientists make themselves even more ridiculous. (Not less dangerous, alas!)

>
> Too arrogant, as well as incorrect, in my opinion.

A very bold call indeed - even arrogant when considered in relation to respective personal contributions to the art (or the science if you like)!

[..]

>> "Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability."

>
> I also really liked
> "The easiest machine applications are the technical/scientific
> computations."
>
> I tried explaining to someone coding Pascal in the early 80's that I
> was doing business data processing rather than scientific programming
> because it was more challenging even though the algorithms were not.

Did you succeed?

Cheers, Frank. Received on Thu Apr 20 2006 - 00:59:23 CDT