Re: [9fans] Re: micro vs monolithic kernels

[David Lukes <davel@luchie-chowchows.demon.co.uk>]

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> Hence we see the segmentation between programmers and software engineers.

No, we see the bogus dichotomy between so-called programmers and
so-called software engineers when fly-by-wire aircraft control systems
override their pilots and crash airliners.

> one question does anyone find bell labs' documentation a poor disgrace to
> software engineering's design process.

The BTL^H^H^H Lucent documentation is far better than the reams of
vacuous bureacratic drivel which accompanies most so-called
"software engineering" projects.

Also, you use a singular, whereas, like religions,
there are many "software-engineering" "disciplines".

The use of the term "software engineering" to imply a degree
of reliability not present in "programming" is totally bogus:
engineering is not an exact art/science/whatever:
buildings and bridges still fall down,
car manufacturers still need product recalls,
and aircraft, both fly-by-wire and traditional, still fall out of the sky.

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	Dave.