Re: Software Engineering: Art or Science?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> Except for hard DSP applications, or realtime closed-loop control,
> software design seldom has a mathematical (or even theoretical) basis,
> and no predictive theory is used in software system design. People
> mostly just write code based on experience, and then try it out. This
> certainly isn't science, and barely qualifies as engineering.
> 
> It would only be art if the programs were beautiful, but they're
> usually ugly.
> 
> John

I think the word you are looking for is craft.

Robert

 

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