From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public From: eachus@spectre.mitre.org (Robert I. Eachus) Subject: Re: Software Engineering and Dreamers Date: 1997/05/28 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 244380167 Distribution: world References: <5m57nu$7si@bcrkh13.bnr.ca> <5mcp5o$ei7$3@news.cc.ucf.edu> <5md1fl$9f4@bcrkh13.bnr.ca> Organization: The Mitre Corp., Bedford, MA. Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-05-28T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article jsa@alexandria (Jon S Anthony) writes: > Well, that's a mighty odd constraint of the term. What about chemical > engineering? Or genetic engineering? These strke me as eminently > appropriate examples of real engineering. Give it a break guys! (Most of) you are correct that technology can be applied to computer hardware, computer software, or even phrenology. In my original use, if you care, I was thinking of new database technology, in particular OODBMSs. But I think it is time to put this topic to bed, or to move it to some other newsgroup. -- Robert I. Eachus with Standard_Disclaimer; use Standard_Disclaimer; function Message (Text: in Clever_Ideas) return Better_Ideas is...