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From: Frank Manning <fmanning@my-deja.com>
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Subject: Re: Do we need "Mission-Critical" software? Was: What to Do?
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In article <3A5C8FC4.2EED0D77@west.raytheon.com>,
  Jerry Petrey <jdpetrey@west.raytheon.com> wrote:
>
> Robert, it is also sad to me that so many "programmers" and "software
> engineers" today don't treat our science like other sciences. Can
> you imagine a physicist who wouldn't study the works of Newton,
> Bohr, or Rutherford because they were "born before his time". In
> software today it seems like people just want to get into it fast,
> learn the latest 'in' language and start making money. Perhaps that
> is why there is so much bad software out there.

Reminds me of the old saying about the difference between scientists
and programmers -- scientists stand on the sholders of those who went
before. Programmers stand on the feet of those who went before.

-- Frank Manning   :-)


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