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From: kaz@vision.crest.nt.com (Kaz Kylheku)
Subject: Re: Software Engineering and Dreamers
Date: 1997/05/29
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In article <dewar.864928431@merv>, Robert Dewar <dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu> wrote:

>For example, in OED2, we have
>
>Engineering. The work done by, or the profession of, an engineer.
>Engineer. One who contrives, designs, or invents, an author, designer.

This is vague. I invented a new recipe for making pancakes this morning,
hence I'm an engineer.

>Technology. A discourse or treatise on an art or arts; the scientific
>study of the practical or industrial arts.

Thus, since software is neither a treatise, discourse nor a study, it's not
technology.

I'm certain that this definition is what every english speaker naturally
associates with the word technology. For example, the NT operating system from
Microsoft is a ``new treatise or discourse on an art'', hence ``new
technology''.