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: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) Subject: Re: Software Engineering and Dreamers Date: 1997/05/28 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 244456918 References: <5md1fl$9f4@bcrkh13.bnr.ca> <338A2D0D.5B14@ix.netcom.com> <5meuvm$hpf@bcrkh13.bnr.ca> Organization: New York University Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-05-28T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Kaz says <> Rubbish! Kaz, you really should read a dictionary. I don't know if you are a native speaker of English or not. I certainly do not know where you got your extremely odd ideas about the meaning of the word technology. Both from its classical roots, and from the definition in any dictionary, technology is a VERY general word that can be applied to virtually any systematic set of knowledge or terminology about a specific field. Somehow, you have picked up a very bizarre view of what this word means. Please look in the dictionary to figure out how the world uses this word. You might particularly study the historical references in OED II. I think you will make your arguments much more clear if you try to say what you mean directly, rather than complaining about other people's use of terminology. The issue is not whether "software technology" is an OK term, that is just an argument about words. Presumably you are trying to say "software is different from hardware in a fudnamental way, .... and this is significant because ....." By concentrating on the .... you will make your point clearer.