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Old November 27th 15, 12:29 PM posted to uk.railway,misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.transport.london
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On 2015-11-27, d wrote:
On Thu, 26 Nov 2015 21:29:09 +0000
The Real Doctor wrote:
On 26/11/15 13:29, d wrote:
"Software engineering" is another recent phrase. Its what used to be known
as programming

Programming is to software engineering as lathe operation is to
mechanical engineering.

LOL, yeah right. Thats like saying a surgeon is just the gut who makes the
incisions and ties some knots in string.

Having done all aspects of development through from writing user specs down
to programming, I can assure that the actual programming is by far the hardest
task, takes the most time and takes the most experience.

Any eejit can knock
up a flow chart in powerpoint and do a high level functional spec as
barely qualified managers prove on a daily basis.

Yes, but if you follow them carefully you will get a system that looks
like it was designed _and_ written by aformentioned eejit.

Eric
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