On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 17:12:24 -0600, "Levi Pearson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I recently came across a paper discussing this topic--the comparison > of the current state of software engineering to the early years of > traditional engineering, how formal training and science/math were > applied to bring about our current engineering discipline, and how > software engineering is likely to move that way in the future.
This is an appealing idea to many. The reason I don't buy it is historical: most CS departments started out as branches of math. Some, like MIT's, grew out of EE. If "formal training and science/math" could combine to impose beautiful structure and organization on software development chaos, I think it would have happened long ago. -Jonathan .===================================. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `==================================='
